- Date
- June 18, 1992, 19:30 local (Jun 19, 1992, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N23CFCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19920618021179A
- Case key
- 5746
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
Engine failure due to total oil loss. Contributing to the accident were the separation of the oil filter adapter from the oil pump due to improper maintenance procedures and non adherence to recommended directives by company maintenance personnel, and the unsuitable terrain on which to make the forced landing.
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
Just after making the initial takeoff climb power reduction the pilot noticed that the engine oil pressure was indicating zero. Before he could land at his departure airport the engine seized. An off airport forced landing resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. The engine oil filter adapter had separated from the oil pump housing, and all engine oil was lost. The threads on the adapter and housing were worn and damaged. The adapter had last been installed using water pump pliers instead of the special wrench as per the Cessna maintenance manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700276
- Airframe hours
- 8,092
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hageland Avn. Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hageland Avn. Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 8, 1992 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- AQH · AK
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- AQH · Quinhagak, runway 22, 2,600 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,140 total · 1,850 in this make and model · 8,400 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots
- 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 N23CF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.