- Date
- July 9, 1987, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mccall, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6385HCessna T-207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870709053329A
- Case key
- 40675
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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
During climb out to cruise altitude the pilot noticed a drop in manifold pressure and a loss of oil pressure. The pilot was in the process of attempting to reach an airstrip when the oil pressure dropped to zero followed by a total loss of power. An off airport landing had to be made onto sage brush. FAA inspectors discovered a hole in the case of the engine. The bearings to the turbocharger were found to have been excessively worn. There was oil on the spring side of the piston to the turbocharger control valve. There was also evidence that the piston was cocked inside of the cylinder to the point of being wedged and/or oil bypassing the seal. The turbocharger controller was worn and had not been replaced when the turbocharger had been replaced some 10 flight hours ago.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6385H
- Reported as
- Cessna T-207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700505
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520M, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Mccall Air Taxi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 21, 1986 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- USFS · Indian Creek, ID
- Destination
- 2UF · Stanley, ID
- 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
- 59
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,400 total · 7 in this make and model · 7,400 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N6385H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.