ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364434
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| Date: | Thursday 3 October 1991 |
| Time: | 14:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Village Aviation Corp |
| Registration: | N20024 |
| MSN: | 17260940 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8251 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bethel, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bethel, AK (BET) |
| Akiachak, AK (KKI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING ON THE TUNDRA, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT TIMING GEAR, PART NUMBER LW-15269, WAS EXTREMELY WORN AND ALL BUT NINE OF THE GEAR TEETH WERE MISSING. ACCORDING TO TEXTRON LYCOMING, THE GEAR WAS THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED GEAR.
Probable Cause: A POWER LOSS OVER UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WHICH RESULTED IN A NOSE OVER.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC92FA002
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 December 1996 | N20024 | Village Aviation | 0 | Bethel, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 15:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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