# Accident 20030808025499A: Cessna 207A, Atmautluak, AK, August 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2003, 12:53 local time
- Place: Atmautluak, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 60.8833° N, 161.9500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8833&lon=-161.9500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6439H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6439H-2006-11-07) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,070 total, 395 in this make and model, 272 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC03LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030808025499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ENGINE LOST POWER, PILOT LANDED IN TUNDRA, AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## 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 ANC03LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA091), Aug 8, 2003: Cessna 207A (N6439H), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A complete loss of engine power during cruise flight due to the shifting of a main crankshaft bearing that produced a fatigue failure of the crankshaft. A factor contributing to the accident was…

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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