- Date
- March 11, 1985, 15:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9937MCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850311007999A
- Case key
- 4470
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The acft contacted trees during a forced landing following an engine failure. Investigation revealed the crankshaft had failed for undetermined reasons. The enging had a total time of 1312 hrs since major overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9937M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700753
- Airframe hours
- 3,027
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Baker Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 6, 1984 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- MCG · Mcgrath, AK
- Destination
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,520 total · 70 in this make and model · 1,380 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.