# Accident 20070109001339A: Cessna 207A, Kenai, AK, January 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K58C
- Location: 60.6819° N, 151.7258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6819&lon=-151.7258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9941M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9941M) (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 IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,291 total, 511 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070109001339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED THE KENAI AIRPORT IN A CESSNA 207, N9941M, ON A CARGO FLIGHT TO KOKHANOK, ALASKA, APPROXIMATELY 75 MINUTES WEST. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT REPORTED HAVING ENGINE TROUBLE AND WAS GOING DOWN ABOUT MID-CHANNEL. THIS OCCURRED IN LOWER COOK INLET WEST OF KENAI, ALASKA.

## 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 ANC07FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07FA013), Jan 9, 2007: Cessna 207A (N9941M), Kenai, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to the disintegration of engine bearings and the fracture of a connecting rod, which resulted in a ditching into ice covered ocean water.…

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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