# Accident 19801218088399A: Cessna 207, Pilot Station, AK, December 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1980, 12:40 local time
- Place: Pilot Station, AK
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WYAA
- Location: 61.9466° N, 162.8783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pilot Station, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9466&lon=-162.8783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7318U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7318U-2018-12-07) (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 207
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,060 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 205 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801218088399A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT AIRPLANE WITH IDLING ENGINE. PASSENGER DEPLANED AND WALKED INTO PROP. HAD BEEN WARNED NOT TO EXIT.

## 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 ANC81FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA010), Dec 18, 1980: Cessna 207 (N7318U), Pilot Station, AK, no damage

## Other reports on N7318U (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130227003209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130227003209I), Feb 27, 2013: Cessna 207A (N7318U), Tuluksak, AK, Minor damage. Pilot statement and interview provided the following events: Inbound flight to Tuluksak descending from 800 feet, turning left base for runway 33 at 500 to 600…
- [Accident 19970906028239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970906028239A), Sep 6, 1997: Cessna 207A (N7318U), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. (.4) The pilot and three passengers were departing a remote, private airstrip. The airstrip is 1,000 feet long and 40 feet wide, at an elevation of 1,200 feet…
- [Incident 19910714039619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910714039619I), Jul 14, 1991: Cessna 207 (N7318U), Denali, AK, Minor damage. Pilot made a precautionary landing due to weather.

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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