# Accident 19900227002929A: Cessna 207, Takotna, AK, February 27, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1990, 12:00 local time
- Place: Takotna, AK
- Airport: Takotna Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HERA
- Location: 62.9929° N, 156.0297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAKOTNA (TCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9929&lon=-156.0297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73128, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73128-2017-03-14) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 959 total, 290 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900227002929A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG, UNABLE TO STOP. RAN OFF DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC90LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA035), Feb 27, 1990: Cessna 207 (N73128), Takotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT FOR LANDING, HIS EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED, HIS FAILURE TO GO AROUND…

## Other reports on N73128 (4)

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

- [Incident 20000527034129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000527034129I), May 27, 2000: Cessna 207A (N73128), Bethel, AK. (-23)Prop strike, during taxi prop struck a steel barrel that was being used as a tiedown.
- [Incident 19980121008839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980121008839I), Jan 21, 1998: Cessna 207A (N73128), Atmautluak, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: incident #IAL38012201 on 01/21/98, yute air pilot mark eberl landed at Atmautluak, Alaska airport at approximately 1435 hours. At time of landing…
- [Incident 19880304025439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880304025439I), Mar 4, 1988: Cessna 207 (N73128), Nightmute, AK. Loud bang from engine on climb. Reduced power and landed. A broken connecting rod made a hole in top of engine.
- [Incident 19871120074529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871120074529I), Nov 20, 1987: Cessna 207A (N73128), Tuntituliak, AK. Engine failure in cruise. Number 2 connecting rod thrown. Landed on frozen lake with no 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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