# Incident 20081016849499I: Cessna 207, Bethel, AK, October 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2008, 20:40 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YAAA
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1704U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1704U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 20 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081016849499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND THE PILOT LANDED ON A SAND BAR ON THE KUSKOKWIM RIVER.  NO DAMAGE WAS INCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT ON THE AIRACRAFT AND HE SUSTAINED NO INJURY.

## Other reports on N1704U (3)

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

- [Accident 20130306003259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130306003259A), Mar 6, 2013: Cessna 207 (N1704U), Akiachak, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft N1704U fifteen minutes out of bet on flight to klg in cruise at 1000 feet. Engine made very loud whine noise and started losing power. PIC called bet…
- [Incident 19930211008469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930211008469I), Feb 11, 1993: Cessna 207 (N1704U), Chefornak, AK, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on a direct crosswind landing on an icy runway.
- [Accident 19860714032629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860714032629A), Jul 14, 1986: Cessna 207 (N1704U), Ekuk, AK, Substantial damage. After touch and go to verify landing conditions, aircraft encountered downdraft on final and struck a log in grass.

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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