Cessna 207A N76078

Summary

On 5 September 1982 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 207A registered N76078, operated by Bethel Ventures, Inc., was involved in an accident near Near Kipnuk, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 September 1982 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Kipnuk, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

59.9296, -164.0597

Aircraft

Cessna 207A

Registration

N76078

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bethel Ventures, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bethel → Kipnuk

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC82DA083

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOST OIL PRESSURE WHILE HE WAS IN NORMAL CRUISE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. THE ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE HE WAS ON AN APPROACH FOR A FORCED LANDING. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON UNEVEN, SOFT, WET TUNDRA, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE CRANKCASE, PN 633412, WHERE OIL HAD LEAKED OUT. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED EVIDENCE OF OIL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS AMPLE OIL WHEN HE CHECKED IT PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.