- Date
- August 28, 1984, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sleetmute, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7325UCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840828047309A
- Case key
- 4346
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While cruising at 1100 ft AGL the eng failed without warning. Efforts to restart were unsuccessful. A forced landing was made into wooded terrain and the acft nosed over during the roll. Eng exam revealed that the crankshaft was broken through the crank cheek just forward of the #2 connecting rod journal. There was no indication of any overheatingor operation without lubrication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7325U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700398
- Airframe hours
- 5,365
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F-11, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harolds Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1984 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- SLQ · Sleetmute, AK
- Destination
- ANI · Aniak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,576 total · 1,850 in this make and model · 2,398 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANI, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.