# Incident 19861219074289I: Cessna 207A, Bethel, AK, December 19, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1986, 16:30 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUC
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9970M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9970M-1997-11-07) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861219074289I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISJUDGED STOPPING CAPABILITY ON ICY RAMP. SLID INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT. WIND ALSO A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N9970M (2)

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

- [Accident 19920808029689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920808029689A), Aug 8, 1992: Cessna 207A (N9970M), St Michael, AK, Substantial damage. Indicates pilot flew into side of cloud obscured mountain. Blamed force landing. No engine defect. VFR not advised.
- [Accident 19850415014199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850415014199A), Apr 15, 1985: Cessna 207A (N9970M), Port Graham, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff run with snow, ice, slush on runway. Struck snowbank damaging empennage.

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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