- Date
- April 12, 1986, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1721QCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860412011429A
- Case key
- 16816
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Analysis
Acft was en route to slc where it was to be put on static display with other acft equipped with soloy-conversions (allison 250-C20S turboshaft engine installation). During descent through 12,000 ft into slc area eng flamed out and the prop auto-feathered. Plt restarted eng but when he tried to advance power eng surged and quit. Plt restarted eng and turned on eng anti-ice. When power was advanced eng surged and quit. Plt restarted eng. He applied alternate air. When power was advanced eng surged and power dropped to idle. Plt turned off eng anti-ice and alternate air, pulled auto feather circuit breaker, switched start/motor switch to start, an tried to advance power. Eng continued to surge. Plt made forced landing on mud flat in great salt lake. Disassembly/examination or check/test eng, fuel control, power turbine governor, and fuel revealed no discrepancies. Examination of fuel flow transducer revealed partial blockage. Blockage was blown out and never found and could not be identified.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1721Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700784
- Airframe hours
- 329
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20S, 420 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Soloy Conversion, Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 24, 1986 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,691 total · 191 in this make and model · 7,644 as pilot in command · 114 in the last 90 days · 86 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Observed at
- OGD, 13 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.