# Accident 20030526021649A: Cessna T207A, Page, AZ, May 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2003, 10:40 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WIWA
- Location: 36.9261° N, 111.4483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9261&lon=-111.4483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9317M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9317M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073615, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-M (registry code 17266, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 290 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030526021649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOLLOWING A NORMAL START AND PRE-TAKEOFF RUN UP, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PGA FOR A PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO GCN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, WHEN CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 8,500' MSL 15 MILES SOUTH OF PGA THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY REDUCED THE POWER TO 15" MP AND 2300 RPM. AFTER REDUCING POWER THE PILOT ALSO NOTICED SMOKE AND OIL COMING FROM THE COWLING. APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AFTER THE INITIAL ONSET OF THE VIBRATION THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT ESTABLISHED A GLIDE FOR LANDING ON HIGHWAY 89 AND FINISHED SECURING THE ENGINE. WHILE ON SHORT FINAL FOR THE HIGHWAY, THE PILOT NOTICED HE WAS OVERTAKING A SEMI TRUCK AND CAR. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO LAND BESIDE THE HIGHWAY RATHER ON THE VEHICLES. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE HIT A SAND BERM. RESULTANT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS A BROKEN NOSE GEAR, BENT LEFT WING AND BUCKLED FUSELAGE. PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 LAX03LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA164), May 26, 2003: Cessna T207A (N9317M), Page, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to a oil starvation induced catastrophic internal failure of the engine caused by the rotation of the number 2 cylinder main bearing. This narrative was modified on…

## Other reports on N9317M (1)

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

- [Accident 20250206000899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250206000899A), Feb 6, 2025: Cessna T207A (N9317M), Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. On February 6, 2025, Cessna 207 [privacy data omitted] experienced a nose gear collapse during takeoff from Grand Canyon (gcn) airport. The aircraft skidded to…

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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