- Date
- September 8, 1979
- Place
- Umiat, AK · UMIAT, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1759UCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790908040119A
- Case key
- 133267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3616 79/9/8 NR.UMIAT,AK CESSNA 207 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N1759U PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 26, 1795 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 115 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BARROW,AK. RETURN UMIAT,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT FAILED AT NO 2 JOURNAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1759U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1759URegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2022 · Cessna 207Airframe modelCessna 207Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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