Cessna 207 accident near Ruby, Alaska, March 11, 1988
On March 11, 1988 at about 3:00 pm local time, a Cessna 207, registered N70364, was substantially damaged in an accident near Ruby, Alaska (Ruby airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- March 11, 1988 · about 3:00 pm local time
- Place
- Ruby, Alaska · Ruby · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207 · all 207s on the register
- Registration
- N70364 · no longer on the register · serial 20700550
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER THE AIRPORT AT 2,000 FEET MSL WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ONE MILE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN THROTTLE CONTROL WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO GO TO IDLE.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,553 hours in all; 383 in this make and model; 154 in the last 90 days; 75 in the last 30 days; 2,167 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection
- Maximum gross weight: 3,800 lb
- Seats: 7
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental IO-520 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: GAL Galena AK at 2:32 pm
- Flight plan: VFR
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 39°F (4°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N70364 the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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