- Date
- July 14, 1979
- Place
- Saltery Cove, AK · SALTERY COVE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29CFCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133858
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0019 79/7/14 SALTERY COVE,AK CESSNA 207 CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 650 TIME - 1710 N29CF PX- 0 0 1 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - KODIAK WESTERN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KODIAK,AK RETURN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE FOR UNKN RSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
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Other investigations on N29CF · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC03LA085Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe pilot's incorrect positioning of the fuel tank selector valve to a nearly empty tank, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, and subsequent emergency landing at an off-airport site. Factors associated with the accident were the…NTSB ANC94IA049Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe partial failure of the no. 4 piston from over temperature (detonation).