- Date
- June 5, 1991, 16:33 local (Jun 6, 1991, 00:33 UTC)
- Place
- Eek, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6255HCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910605020119A
- Case key
- 5551
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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Probable cause
Was fuel contamination. Contributing factors are the engine vibrations and the rough vegetation upon which the airplane landed.
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 pilot-in-command stated that the fuel flow began to fluctuate and the engine began to run rough. He switched fuel tanks and the engine smoothed out. He then switched back to the original fuel tank and he stated the engine oil pressure went to zero and the engine began to vibrate. He elected to shut down the engine and execute a forced landing. Subsequent examination revealed that the engine oil pump was working, that there was a sufficient oil quantity in the engine and that there was water in the fule injector distributor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6255H
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700452
- Airframe hours
- 6,463
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kusko Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kusko Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1991 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- KWN · Quinhagak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- EEK · Eek
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,679 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,609 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
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 N6255H · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.