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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 207A · Alakanuk, AK · September 25, 1986

Date
September 25, 1986 · 17:21 local
Place
Alakanuk, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
UATA
Aircraft
N73217
Reported as
Cessna 207A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total380 in this make and model400 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Forced landing on a gravel bar after engine quit. Found water in left fuel tank. Refueled from 55 gallon drum.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING ON A GRAVEL BAR AFTER ENGINE QUIT. FOUND WATER IN LEFT FUEL TANK. REFUELED FROM 55 GALLON DRUM.