FedEx Plane Crashes Into House, Pilot Injured

A 60-year old pilot for FedEx escaped with minor injuries Tuesday night when his Cessna Caravan crashed into a home in Georgetown, TX. No one on the ground was hurt.

Police on the scene said pilot Mike McKenna of Cedar Creek, TX, had just taken off from Austin's Bergstrom International Airport en route to Alliance Airport in Fort Worth when something went wrong. Investigators said McKenna tried to make an emergency landing but, in the dark, clipped a power line, became inverted and crashed into the house.

McKenna was reportedly recovering from a broken arm. The sole occupant of the house wasn't injured.

FAA Preliminary Accident Report

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 978FE        Make/Model: C208      Description: 208 Caravan 1, (Super)Cargomaster, Grand
  Date: 10/19/2005     Time: 0405

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Minor     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Substantial

LOCATION
  City: ROUND ROCK   State: TX   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  N978FE, A FEDERAL EXPRESS CESSNA C208B ACFT, ENROUTE REPORTED AN ENGINE
  FAILURE AND MADE A FORCED LANDING, ROUND ROCK, TX

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1    Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   1     Unk:   
                 # Pass:    0    Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:          Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: O353Z 19006KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A2997

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Business      Phase: Cruise      Operation: Air Taxi (On Demand)

  Departed: AUSTIN, TX                  Dep Date:    Dep. Time:     
  Destination: FORT WORTH, TX           Flt Plan: IFR          Wx Briefing: 
  Last Radio Cont: 20 NNE OF AUSTIN
  Last Clearance: CLIMB AND MAINTAIN

  FAA FSDO: SAN ANTONIO, TX  (SW17)               Entry date: 10/19/2005

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