# Accident 20221120018509A: Cessna 207, Bethel, AK, November 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2022, 11:40 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: T72C
- Location: 60.7119° N, 161.6864° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7119&lon=-161.6864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23CF) (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
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,328 total, 530 in this make and model, 277 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC23LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221120018509A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED FROM GOODNEWS BAY AT 1035AM ON A FLIGHT TO BETHEL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^DEPARTED RWY 06 WITH A RIGHT TURN OUT TOWARD BETHEL.  PILOT CALLED BASE WITH AN ESTIMATE OF 8 MINUTES OUT.  SHORTLY AFTER THIS CALL THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A PARTIAL POWER LOSS APPROXIMATELY 11 NM FROM BETHEL.  PILOT PARTIALLY CONDUCTED HIS IMMEDIATE RESPONSE ITEMS WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE.  PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE TUNDRA.  PILOT DID MAKE A CALL TO HIS BASE OF OPERATIONS ON THE RADIO ANNOUNCING THE FACT HE WOULD BE LANDING IN THE TUNDRA AND WOULD NEED HELP.  PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING CHECKLIST AND PULLED THE MIXTURE.  AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE LANDING AND CAME TO REST IN THE TUNDRA.  THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN WHEELS HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING.  PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED THROUGH THE PILOTS DOOR AND ONCE IN A SAFE LOCATION AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT RETRIEVED THE SURVIVAL GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO CONTACT HIS BASE OF OPERATIONS ON THE PHONE AND IN APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR THEY WERE RECUED.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND LEFT FUEL TANK CONTAINED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUEL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT SWITCHED TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK, BUT ONLY MOMENTARILY ACTIVATED THE ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP DUE TO INCORRECTLY IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED OIL PUMP.  PILOT FAILED TO USE PROPER FUEL MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES AND DID NOT COMPLETE THE MEMORY (CHECKLIST) ITEMS FOR THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER IN FLIGHT (IN A TIMELY MANNER) RESULTING IN THIS AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC23LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA006), Nov 20, 2022: Cessna 207 (N23CF), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fuel starvation and the pilot’s mismanagement of the available fuel.

## Other reports on N23CF (2)

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

- [Incident 20090130025001I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090130025001I), Jan 30, 2009: Cessna 207 (N23CF), Kwigillingok, AK, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Was taxiing his aircraft, N23CF for departure on a confined, slippery ramp when his right wing tip struck the right side of another…
- [Accident 19920618021179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920618021179A), Jun 18, 1992: Cessna 207 (N23CF), Quinhagak, AK, Substantial damage. Lost oil pressure on climbout. Engine seized. Force landed. Oil filter adapter not properly torqued came loose.

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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