Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 24 DEC 2005 |
| Time: | 07:43 |
| Type: | Cessna 208B Super Cargomaster |
| Operating for: | Empire Airlines |
| Leased from: | FedEx |
| Registration: | N753FE |
| C/n / msn: | 208B-0248 |
| First flight: | 1991 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7375 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Portland International Airport, OR (PDX) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Portland International Airport, OR (PDX/KPDX), United States of America |
| Roseburg Municipal Airport, OR (RBG), United States of America |
The Cessna Caravan was cleared for takeoff from runway 21 at Portland (PDX). The aircraft did not gain height on takeoff and collided with a glide slope antenna and a fence. It continued across a slough, struck an embankment and came to rest about 900 feet from the departure end of the runway near hole 7 of the Broadmoor Golf Course.then crash-landed near hole 7 of the Broadmoor Golf Course.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A partial loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during the initial takeoff climb resulting in an in-flight collision with objects." Events:
Sources:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Portland International Airport, OR to Roseburg Municipal Airport, OR as the crow flies is 266 km (166 miles).
Distance from Portland International Airport, OR to Roseburg Municipal Airport, OR as the crow flies is 266 km (166 miles).
