- Date
- August 3, 1992, 16:30 local (Aug 4, 1992, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pilot Station, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70364Cessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920803029099A
- Case key
- 5765
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power for undetermined causes, and the unsuitable terrain.
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 stated that while cruising at approximately 500 feet AGL he experienced a total loss of engine power. The subsequent forced landing in a shallow lake resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. After recovery, the engine operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70364
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700550
- Airframe hours
- 7,505
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F13, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Markair Express, Inc., doing business as Markair Express
- Registered owner
- Markair Express, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 16, 1992 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- AK10
- Destination
- KSM · St. Marys, AK
- Flight plan
- Company 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,117 total · 1,015 in this make and model · 2,012 as pilot in command · 227 in the last 90 days · 91 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °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 N70364 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.