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| Date: | Sunday 20 November 2022 |
| Time: | c. 12:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 207 Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Yute Air |
| Registration: | N23CF |
| MSN: | 20700276 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 35664 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Bethel, AK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Goodnews Bay Airport, AK (GNU) |
| Bethel Airport, AK (BET/PABE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Following an inflight loss of engine power, the aircraft sustained unreported damage subsequent to the ensuing forced landing south of Bethel, Alaska. The six occupants onboard the airplane were not injured during the incident.
During descent the aircraft experienced a partial power loss approximately 11 nm from Bethel. The pilot partially conducted his immediate response items with no response from the engine. The pilot was not able to maintain altitude and decided to make an emergency landing in the tundra.
The aircraft bounced a couple of times in the landing and came to rest in the tundra. The nose and right main wheels had departed the aircraft during the emergency landing.
Accident investigation discovered that the right fuel tank was empty and left fuel tank contained a substantial amount of fuel at the time of the accident. The pilot switched to the left fuel tank, but only momentarily activated the electric fuel boost pump due to incorrectly identifying the problem as a failed oil pump. Pilot failed to use proper fuel management procedures and did not complete the memory (checklist) items for the loss of engine power in flight (in a timely manner) resulting in this aircraft accident.
Sources:
https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/all-safe-in-sunday-plane-crash-near-bethel/
FAA 20221120018509A
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 June 1992 | N23CF | Hageland Aviation Services | 0 | Quinhagak, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2025 06:38 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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