# Accident 20090711025289A: Noorduyn UC-64A, Akiachak, AK, July 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2009, 12:45 local time
- Place: Akiachak, AK
- Airport: Akiachak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: R59C
- Location: 60.9058° N, 161.4264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9058&lon=-161.4264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225BL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N225BL-2021-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Noorduyn UC-64A (registry code 6330204, https://openairdocs.org/model/noorduyn-uc-64a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NOORDUYN UC-64A
- Reported engine: P&W R1340 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090711025289A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CRUISE ALTITUDE DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING AT AKIACHAK AIRPORT.  GROUND CONTACT WAS MADE SHORT OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 ANC09LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA065), Jul 11, 2009: Noorduyn UC-64A (N225BL), Akiachak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the failure of a crankshaft component, resulting in an off-airport landing.

## Other reports on N225BL (1)

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

- [Accident 20010603039719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010603039719A), Jun 3, 2001: Noordn UC64A (N225BL), Seward, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 3, 2001, about 1900 adt, a float-equipped noorduun norseman UC64A, N225BL, sustained damage during takeoff from a remote tidal lake, 28 NM se of…

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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