# Incident 19800202030909I: Cessna 207A, Bethel, AK, February 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1980, 18:56 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6255H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6255H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 50 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/19800202030909I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON FROZEN RIVER,STORM WAS MOVING IN. IT WAS WINDY, VISIBILITY POOR. RAN INTO SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N6255H (3)

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

- [Accident 19910605020119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910605020119A), Jun 5, 1991: Cessna 207A (N6255H), Eek, AK, Substantial damage. Force landed on tundra. Reported lost oil pressure and rough engine. No defects found except water in fuel.
- [Accident 19891107063219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891107063219A), Nov 7, 1989: Cessna 207A (N6255H), Quinhagak, AK, Substantial damage. Rudder pedal arm broke due to fatigue. Aircraft veered off runway on the landing roll.
- [Accident 19790611036489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790611036489A), Jun 11, 1979: Cessna 207 (N6255H), Platinum, AK, Substantial damage. #3 Rod failed at crankshaft attach end. Found looseness of torque of crankcase halves.

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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