# Incident 19880304025439I: Cessna 207, Nightmute, AK, March 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1988, 12:20 local time
- Place: Nightmute, AK
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HASA
- Location: 60.4794° N, 164.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nightmute, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4794&lon=-164.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73128, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73128-2017-03-14) (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 207
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 600 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880304025439I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG FROM ENGINE ON CLIMB. REDUCED POWER AND LANDED. A BROKEN CONNECTING ROD MADE A HOLE IN TOP OF ENGINE.

## Other reports on N73128 (4)

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

- [Incident 20000527034129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000527034129I), May 27, 2000: Cessna 207A (N73128), Bethel, AK. (-23)Prop strike, during taxi prop struck a steel barrel that was being used as a tiedown.
- [Incident 19980121008839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980121008839I), Jan 21, 1998: Cessna 207A (N73128), Atmautluak, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: incident #IAL38012201 on 01/21/98, yute air pilot mark eberl landed at Atmautluak, Alaska airport at approximately 1435 hours. At time of landing…
- [Accident 19900227002929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900227002929A), Feb 27, 1990: Cessna 207 (N73128), Takotna, AK, Substantial damage. Landed long, unable to stop. Ran off departure end of runway.
- [Incident 19871120074529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871120074529I), Nov 20, 1987: Cessna 207A (N73128), Tuntituliak, AK. Engine failure in cruise. Number 2 connecting rod thrown. Landed on frozen lake with no damage.

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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