# Accident 20170814020669A: Cessna T207, Juneau, AK, August 14, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2017, 06:33 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P9KA
- Location: 58.3503° N, 134.6911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3503&lon=-134.6911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N745KP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N745KP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207 (registry code 2073612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-G (registry code 17257, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL MOTORS TSIO-520
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 13,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170814020669A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2017, ABOUT 0633 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T207 AIRPLANE, N745KP, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER IT DITCHED IN AUKE BAY NEAR COGHLAN ISLAND SUBSEQUENT TO A

COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER THREE MILES WEST OF THE JUNEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JNU), JUNEAU, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS FLIGHT 400 BY KALININ AVIATION, LLC, DBA

ALASKA SEAPLANES, JUNEAU, AS A SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135 AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND COMPANY FLIGHT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT. FLIGHT 400 DEPARTED THE SKAGWAY AIRPORT (SGY) IN SKAGWAY, ALASKA, AT 0547, DESTINED FOR JNU

## 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 ANC17LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA043), Aug 14, 2017: Cessna T207 (N745KP), Juneau, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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