# Incident 19870605036299I: Cessna 207A, Bethel, AK, June 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1987, 15:40 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ELUA
- 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: N7336U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7336U-2017-10-30) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870605036299I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI ONTO THE RUNWAY THE PILOT HEARD A POPPING NOISE AS THE RIGHT WHEEL CAME APART.  BOLTS HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N7336U (2)

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

- [Accident 20061013023099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061013023099A), Oct 13, 2006: Cessna 207A (N7336U), Tuntutuliak, AK, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot made repeated passes over the runway. On the fourth pass the aircraft stalled short of the runway and impacted a riverbank approximately 7 feet…
- [Accident 20001103041939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001103041939A), Nov 3, 2000: Cessna 207A (N7336U), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) CE-207, N7336U was accelerating on takeoff roll. After a few hundred feet pilot could feel right main gear grabbing and he left off of right rudder and…

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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