# Incident 19911226062539I: Cessna 207A, Wainwright, AK, December 26, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1991, 11:05 local time
- Place: Wainwright, AK
- Airport: Wainwright Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BINA
- Location: 70.6380° N, 159.9948° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAINWRIGHT (AWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.6380&lon=-159.9948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9943M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9943M) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911226062539I

## Narrative

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

HAD A GRADUAL POWER REDUCTION ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FOUND THROTTLE CONTROL TO THROTTLE ATTACHMENT DISCONNECTED.

## Other reports on N9943M (2)

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

- [Incident 19860310041549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860310041549I), Mar 10, 1986: Cessna 207A (N9943M), Barrow, AK, Minor damage. Loss of oil pressure, rise in temperature, engine seized. Landed on a beach. NR3 wrist pin broken.
- [Incident 19850513047869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850513047869I), May 13, 1985: Cessna 207A (N9943M), Cape Simpson, AK, Minor damage. Landed on snow covered tundra after engines sent parts thru cowling. Improperly installed connecting rod nuts.

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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