Accident · 1997-03-27
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-03-27
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207 (N1747U)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- YUTE AIR ALASKA Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- YUTE AIR ALASKA
Probable cause
The partial loss of engine power due to a fractured connecting rod bolt, which was precipitated by fatigue. A factor associated with the accident was the snow covered terrain in the emergency landing site.
Source: NTSB case ANC97LA042Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.