- Date
- December 21, 1979
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7605UCessna 207A
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791221048889I
- Case key
- 132142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0050 79/12/21 NR.BETHEL,AK CESSNA 207A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N7605U PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 36, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, 5 DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BETHEL,AK RETURN NEWTOK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7605U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7605U · 1
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