# Accident 20180807010599A: Cessna 207F, Iliamna, AK, August 7, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2018, 12:20 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Iliamna Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EONA
- Location: 59.7458° N, 154.9175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7458&lon=-154.9175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7379U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7379U) (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 207F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180807010599A

## Narrative

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

TOOK-OFF FROM ILIAMNA AIRPORT RUNWAY 35, LEFT DOWN WIND DEPARTURE. TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF, EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE, TURNED BACK TOWARDS AIRPORT AND LANDED ONE MILE FROM END OF RUNWAY 35 INTO THE TUNDRA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT.

## 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 ANC18LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA064), Aug 7, 2018: Cessna 207 (N7379U), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to detonation/preignition damage of the No. 2 cylinder and piston for reasons that could not be determined.

## Other reports on N7379U (1)

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

- [Incident 19840319021449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840319021449I), Mar 19, 1984: Cessna 207A (N7379U), Nondalton, AK. Slowed by a soft spot on the takeoff roll. Aborted and rolled into soft mud damaged nose gear and propeller.

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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