- Date
- June 11, 1979
- Place
- Platinum, AK · PLATINUM, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6255HCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790611036489A
- Case key
- 135486
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2974 79/6/11 PLATINUM,AK CESSNA 207 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1855 N6255H PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 28, 1175 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 205 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLATINUM,AK QUINHAGAK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO 3 ROD FAILED AT CRANKSHAFT ATCH END.THREADS STRIPPED ON 1 BOLT,OTHER BOLT NOT FND.HOLE IN ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6255H
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6255H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC91LA066Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEek, AKWas fuel contamination. Contributing factors are the engine vibrations and the rough vegetation upon which the airplane landed.NTSB ANC90LA012Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportQuinhagak, AKFatigue failure of the right rudder bar. A factor related to the accident was: rough/uneven terrain beside the runway.