Service difficulty report · Blade · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
November 16, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Part
Blade
Condition
Fractured
Location
Power Turbine
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) THE PILOT HEARS A LOUD NOISE AND STATED TO LOST POWER. THE PILOT USED THE EMERGENCY POWER LEVER WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND THE PILOT TRIED TO RESTART IT WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN ENGINE FAILURE AND HE DIVERTED THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT DUE TO WINDS AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON ROUTE 208. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT CLIPPED A POWER LINE AND BLEW HIS MAIN TIRES. ONLY THE PILOT WAS ON BOARD AND HE WAS NOT INJURED. THE ACFT STRUCTURE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGES BUT LOOKING THROUGH THE ENGINE EXHAUST, POWER TURBINE BLADES WERE FOUND FRACTURED. ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED TO NTSB. NOTE: THE CT BLADES OF THIS ENGINE ARE PREVIOUS CONFIGURATION OF SB-1669.

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