# Accident 19830819043469A: Cessna T207A, Atmautlauk, AK, August 19, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1983, 11:30 local time
- Place: Atmautlauk, AK
- Airport: Atmautlauk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COAA
- Location: 60.8102° N, 161.8506° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8102&lon=-161.8506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73789, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73789) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073615, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-M (registry code 17266, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,838 total, 874 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC83LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830819043469A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS SEAT SLID BACK ON TAKEOFF. CONTROL WAS LOST. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A POND. SEAT NOT FASTENED PRIOR TAKEOFF.

## 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 ANC83LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA149), Aug 19, 1983: Cessna T-207A (N73789), Atmautluak, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N73789 (1)

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

- [Accident 20110902021682A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110902021682A), Sep 2, 2011: Cessna T207A (N73789), Nightmute, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot in commands (PIC) of CE-207 N73789, and CE-208 N207DR, mutually agreed to operate as a flight of two from the vicinity of toksook bay, Alaska, to…

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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