- Date
- April 26, 1985, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Seward, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4863CCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850426015869A
- Case key
- 4485
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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 plt stated the acft was in cruise flt when the engine quit. The plt attempted an emergency landing on the beach but crashed in the water. The acft engine was not located for several days after the accident. According to the operator the engine failure was due to a broken crank shaft. Salt water damage precluded an analysis of the shaft failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4863C
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603856
- Airframe hours
- 4,361
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- John Foode, doing business as Chitina Air Service
- Registered owner
- Chitina Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 9, 1985 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- CDV · Cordova, AK
- Destination
- Port Graham, 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,136 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4863C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.