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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 207A · Dillingham, AK · January 4, 2008

Date: January 4, 2008 · 13:00 local
Place: Dillingham, AK
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: SAYC
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6426H
Reported as: Cessna 207A
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total2,500 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N6426HRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Cessna 207AS/N 20700521 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 207A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot in command privacy data omitted and privacy data omitted the owner of the air taxi agreed prior to the departure of this flight that the pilot privacy data omitted would draw fuel from the right tank until depleted, then switch to the left tank for the duration of the flight. When, during the course of the flight, and while cruising at 600' AGL, with five passengers onboard, the pilot privacy data omitted did deplete the fuel in the right tank, he switched to the left tank and turned on the electric fuelboost pump. The engine failed to restart and the pilot privacy data omitted was forced to make an emergency landing on the frozen surface of a nearby lake. Note: both the pilot privacy data omitted and privacy data omitted acknowledged that the right fuel tank had a leak and the purpose of running the tank dry was to enable the replacement of the tank during its annual inspection. That inspection was scheduled for the following day.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE OWNER OF THE AIR TAXI AGREED PRIOR TO THE DEPARTURE OF THIS FLIGHT THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WOULD DRAW FUEL FROM THE RIGHT TANK UNTIL DEPLETED, THEN SWITCH TO THE LEFT TANK FOR THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT. WHEN, DURING THE COURSE OF THE FLIGHT, AND WHILE CRUISING AT 600' AGL, WITH FIVE PASSENGERS ONBOARD, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID DEPLETE THE FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK, HE SWITCHED TO THE LEFT TANK AND TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC FUELBOOST PUMP. THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE FROZEN SURFACE OF A NEARBY LAKE. NOTE: BOTH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK HAD A LEAK AND THE PURPOSE OF RUNNING THE TANK DRY WAS TO ENABLE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TANK DURING ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION. THAT INSPECTION WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY.

Other reports on N6426H · 2

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

Accident 20080912857759ATakeoff · Dillingham, AKThe pilot reported shortly after takeoff and while still in ground effect, he experienced a windshift and a subsequent tailwind. The aircraft settled to the ground and the aircraft flipped over onto its back. The aircraft was calculated to be ten pounds under…Sep 12, 2008 · Substantial damage Incident 19991116031119IFinal Approach · Ambler, AK(-23) The pilot stated on short final, he pulled back on the throttle and approx. 1/4 mile from runway. The engine vibrated and then stopped. The pilot made an uneventful landing in a dry gravel road which runs in a northeasterly direction heading.Nov 16, 1999