ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365190
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 June 1991 |
| Time: | 16:33 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 207A |
| Owner/operator: | Kusko Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N6255H |
| MSN: | 20700452 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6463 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eek, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bethel, AK (BET) |
| Quinhagak, AK (KWN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND STATED THAT THE FUEL FLOW BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. HE SWITCHED FUEL TANKS AND THE ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT. HE THEN SWITCHED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL FUEL TANK AND HE STATED THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. HE ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND EXECUTE A FORCED LANDING. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE OIL PUMP WAS WORKING, THAT THERE WAS A SUFFICIENT OIL QUANTITY IN THE ENGINE AND THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE FULE INJECTOR DISTRIBUTOR.
Probable Cause: WAS FUEL CONTAMINATION. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE THE ENGINE VIBRATIONS AND THE ROUGH VEGETATION UPON WHICH THE AIRPLANE LANDED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC91LA066
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 November 1989 | N6255H | Kusko Aviation | 0 | Quinhagak, AK | |
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| 20-Mar-2024 07:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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