# Accident 20010907039259A: Dhav DHC3, Cordova, AK, September 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2001, 11:45 local time
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Airport: Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WU5C
- Location: 60.0333° N, 144.4667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0333&lon=-144.4667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N254AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N254AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-3 (registry code 2800202, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC3
- Reported engine: PWA R134059
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010907039259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) EMERGENCY LANDING ENROUTE DUE TO POWER LOSS. PILOT HEARD LOUD BANG FROM ENGINE, ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, PILOT TRIED TO REACH SUITABLE LANDING AREA AND NOTICED LOSS OF POWER AND ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM COWLING, PILOT PULLED EMERGENCY FUEL/OIL SHUTOFF, BRIEFED PASSENGERS ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PROCEEDED WITH EMERGENCY LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC01LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA138), Sep 7, 2001: de Havilland DHC-3 (N254AW), Cordova, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during cruise due to the fracture of an engine cylinder exhaust valve.

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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