# Accident 19800618057739A: Cessna 207, Alder Creek, AK, June 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1980, 15:30 local time
- Place: Alder Creek, AK
- Airport: Alder Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ANOA
- Aircraft: N1633U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1633U-1983-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,608 total, 1,005 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800618057739A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKE OFF ON SOFT UPHILL STRIP. BECAME AIRBORNE, ABORTED, SUSPECT POWER LOSS. RAN INTO TREES. ENGINE O.K.

## 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 ANC80DA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA051), Jun 18, 1980: Cessna 207 (N1633U), Alder Creek, AK, substantial damage

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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