Incident · 2001-05-17

NTSB case ANC01IA058 · Cessna 207 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2001-05-17
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Cessna 207 (N917AC)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

An in-flight fracture of the engine crankshaft during descent, precipitated by restricted oil flow through an internal engine oil passage/port.

Source: NTSB case ANC01IA058

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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