- Date
- March 11, 1988, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ruby, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N70364Cessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880311016199A
- Case key
- 4993
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 aircraft was over the airport at 2,000 feet MSL when the engine quit. The aircraft crashed one mile north of the airport. Examination of the aircraft engine revealed a broken throttle control which would cause the engine to go to idle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70364
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700550
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Galena Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GAL · Galena, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RBY · Ruby
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,553 total · 383 in this make and model · 2,167 as pilot in command · 154 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N70364 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.