Cessna 207A accident near Eek, Alaska, June 6, 1991
On June 6, 1991, a Cessna 207A, registered N6255H, was substantially damaged in an accident near Eek, Alaska (Eek airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
WAS FUEL CONTAMINATION. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE THE ENGINE VIBRATIONS AND THE ROUGH VEGETATION UPON WHICH THE AIRPLANE LANDED.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 6, 1991
- Place
- Eek, Alaska · Eek · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207A · all 207As on the register
- Registration
- N6255H · registry record · serial 20700452
- 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 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.
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; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,679 hours in all; 32 in this make and model; 79 in the last 90 days; 44 in the last 30 days; 1,609 as pilot in command; 501 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 6,463 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, April 15, 1991; 78 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,800 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental IO-520-F (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Kusko Aviation, INC.
The flight
- Departed from: BET Bethel AK at 7:17 pm
- Destination: KWN Quinhagak AK
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 55°F (13°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 5 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N6255H the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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