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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 207A · Nikishka, AK · August 7, 1979

Date
August 7, 1979 · 11:10 local
Place
Nikishka, AK
Airport
Butler
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6469H
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79FA076
Reported as
Cessna 207A
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total2,000 in this make and model303 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Overloaded airplane lifted off last 3rd of runway. Faled to climb. Hit trees. Possible throttle creep, power loss.

As the FAA filed it

OVERLOADED AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF LAST 3RD OF RUNWAY. FALED TO CLIMB. HIT TREES. POSSIBLE THROTTLE CREEP, POWER LOSS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.