# Incident 19780510033179I: Cessna 207, Echo Cove, AK, May 10, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Echo Cove, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N1726U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1726U-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,310 total, 38 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780510033179I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILED. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N1726U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19791003040089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791003040089A), Oct 3, 1979: Cessna 207 (N1726U), Juneau, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Plane was seen spinning out of clouds too low to the ground to recover. Toxicolgy alcohol test positive.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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