# Accident 19790807042479A: Cessna 207A, Nikishka, AK, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 11:10 local time
- Place: Nikishka, AK
- Airport: Butler
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 60.7028° N, 151.4028° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nikishka, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7028&lon=-151.4028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6469H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6469H-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 303 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA076-133910) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807042479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC79FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA076-133910), Aug 7, 1979: Cessna 207A (N6469H), Nikishki, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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