# Accident 19810904059269A: Cessna 207A, Golovin, AK, September 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1981, 22:00 local time
- Place: Golovin, AK
- Airport: Golovin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 64.5505° N, 163.0072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOLOVIN (GLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5505&lon=-163.0072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73771, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73771-1998-03-30) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 866 total, 54 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810904059269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING LANDING ON UNLIGHTED STRIP. WAS NOT LINED UP WITH RUNWAY. CRASHED DURING GO-AROUND.

## 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 ANC81DA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA111), Sep 4, 1981: Cessna 207A (N73771), Golovin, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N73771 (1)

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

- [Accident 19890209002159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890209002159A), Feb 9, 1989: Cessna 207A (N73771), Nome, AK, Substantial damage. Engine lost power. Crash landed on mountainside in whiteout. Fuel pump fouled. Had departed into foul 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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