# Incident 19850411024519I: Cessna 207A, Bethel, AK, April 11, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1985, 11:45 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HASA
- 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: N1472M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1472M-1996-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,260 total, 3,533 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850411024519I

## Narrative

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

LOUD NOISE DURING DESCENT AND OIL ACCESS DOOR CAME OPEN. LANDED ON FROZEN RIVER. CONNECTING ROD SEPARATED.

## Other reports on N1472M (3)

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

- [Incident 19930427013589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930427013589I), Apr 27, 1993: Cessna 207 (N1472M), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. Pilot had nose wheel problem on landing rollout. Type of incident not stated.
- [Accident 19871016061859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871016061859A), Oct 16, 1987: Cessna 207A (N1472M), Sheldon Point, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to overrun the landing strip during the landing roll.
- [Incident 19860823072949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860823072949I), Aug 23, 1986: Cessna 207A (N1472M), Togiak Village, AK, Minor damage. Nose geear pivoted forward on landing. Drag brace attachment bolt found sheared.

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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