ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 371267
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| Date: | Thursday 14 April 1988 |
| Time: | 16:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 207A |
| Owner/operator: | Friendship Air Alaska Inc. |
| Registration: | N73188 |
| MSN: | 20700568 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5668 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-F11 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Takslesuk Lake, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Chevak, AK |
| Bethel, AK (BET) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT, FRIENDSHIP FLIGHT 305, WAS EN ROUTE FROM CHEVAK, ALASKA TO BETHEL, ALASKA. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING A A FORCED LANDING ON ROUGH, SNOW COVERED TERRAIN. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND STATED HE SAW A CONNECTING ROD RESTING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND THE ENGINE CRANKCASE HAD A GAPING HOLE IN ITS SIDE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC88IA047
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 April 1999 | N73188 | Village Aviation, Inc. | 1 | near Kotzebue, AK | |
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| 25-Mar-2024 19:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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