# Accident 19800915041779A: Cessna 207A, Karluk, AK, September 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Karluk, AK
- Airport: Karluk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GIFA
- Location: 57.5661° N, 154.4538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KARLUK (KYK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5661&lon=-154.4538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75570, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75570-2013-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800915041779A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKEOFF ON CLOSED RUNWAY TOO SHORT FOR AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE. LIFTED BRIEFLY AT END RUNWAY, FLIPPED OVER

## 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 ANC80DA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA100), Sep 15, 1980: Cessna 207A (N75570), Karluk, 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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