- Date
- August 20, 1994, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nags Head, NC
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1670UCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940820027049A
- Case key
- 3437
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Probable cause
The failure of the mixture control cable which resulted in a loss of engine power.
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
According to the pilot, five minutes into the flight, the engine developed a smooth reduction in engine power. The pilot selected a road for an emergency landing. During the approach to touchdown, the airplane collided with an automobile traveling in the same direction. Examination of the engine assembly revealed that the mixture control cable had failed. The engine operated normally during the functional check.
Factual narrative
On August 20, 1994, at 1400 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 207, N1670U, collided with an automobile and a road sign while attempting a forced landing near Nags Head, North Carolina. The sightseeing flight operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the six persons on board the airplane were not injured. The flight departed First Flight Airstrip, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, at 1355 hours.
According to the operator, the pilot was conducting a routine sightseeing flight when he experienced a loss of engine power. The pilot established an emergency descent to a county road. During the forced landing, the airplane struck an automobile and a road sign.
An examination of the engine assembly disclosed that the mixture control cable rod end had separated at the carburetor, and the mixture control lever on the carburetor was in the fuel cutoff position. During the functional check of the engine, the engine operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1670U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 00270
- Airframe hours
- 18,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kitty Hawk Aero Tours
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 30, 1994 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- FFA · Kill Devil Hill, NC
- Destination
- FAA
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 950 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQI, 10 nm away
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 N1670U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.