# Incident 20130227003209I: Cessna 207A, Tuluksak, AK, February 27, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2013, 15:57 local time
- Place: Tuluksak, AK
- Airport: Tuluksak
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YAAA
- Location: 61.0877° N, 160.9234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULUKSAK (TLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0877&lon=-160.9234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7318U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7318U-2018-12-07) (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 MOTOR IO 520
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 625 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130227003209I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT AND INTERVIEW PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:

INBOUND FLIGHT TO TULUKSAK DESCENDING FROM 800 FEET, TURNING LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 33 AT 500 TO 600 FEET ALTITUDE, 15 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE AT 90 KTS THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MIS-FIRE.

THE PILOT OBSERVED THE FUEL FLOW INDICATOR NEEDLE JUMP.  THE PILOT SWITCHED THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, AS HE COMPLETED THE TANK CHANGE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.

THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS POSITIONED TO FULL RICH AND THE THROTTLE WAS CYCLED AS THE FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS APPLIED WITH NO CHANGE IN ENGINE PERFORMANCE.  THE ENGINE WAS COUGHING AND FELT LIKE IT COULD REGAIN POWER BUT WOULD DIE.

ALTITUDE WAS NOW 400 FEET AND THE PILOT KNEW HE COULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR BEST GLIDE AT 80 KTS.

THE PILOT LOCATED A LANDING AREA.  PASSENGERS WERE BRIEFED AND PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY LANDING.

TOUCH DOWN WAS NORMAL FOR A SOFT FIELD LANDING.  ON ROLL OUT THE DEEP SNOW CAUSED THE NOSE FORK TO TEAR/BREAK AWAY FROM THE STRUT LOWER ATTACH POINT.  NO OTHER DAMAGE EXCEPT A DENT IN THE LOWER COWLING AND ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES BENT.

NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS.  PILOT CALLED DISPATCH IN BETHEL BY CELL PHONE TO NOTIFY NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N7318U (3)

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

- [Accident 19970906028239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970906028239A), Sep 6, 1997: Cessna 207A (N7318U), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. (.4) The pilot and three passengers were departing a remote, private airstrip. The airstrip is 1,000 feet long and 40 feet wide, at an elevation of 1,200 feet…
- [Incident 19910714039619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910714039619I), Jul 14, 1991: Cessna 207 (N7318U), Denali, AK, Minor damage. Pilot made a precautionary landing due to weather.
- [Accident 19801218088399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801218088399A), Dec 18, 1980: Cessna 207 (N7318U), Pilot Station, AK. Pilot left airplane with idling engine. Passenger deplaned and walked into prop. Had been warned not to exit.

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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