Service difficulty report · Blades · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
December 3, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Part
Blades
Condition
Failed
Location
Turbine Section
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN, TUNDRA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 AST , WITH 2 OR MORE OF THE PASSENGERS REPORTING MINOR INJURIES. ACCORDING TO THE NTSB THE ACFT HAD JUST DEPARTED THE AIRPORT AND WAS ENROUTE, WHEN THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A POWER FAILURE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE AN OFF-FIELD EMERGENCY LANDING RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE ACFT. GROUND WITNESSES REPORTING SEEING SPARKS AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWL. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. ON GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED FRACTURED PT BLADES.

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