# Incident 19990828019099I: Cessna 207, Haycock, AK, August 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1999, 22:30 local time
- Place: Haycock, AK
- Airport: Other Times Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CSAA
- Location: 65.2097° N, 161.1656° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haycock, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.2097&lon=-161.1656&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207DH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 290 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990828019099I

## Narrative

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

(-5)RECORD OF ENENTS: INCIDENT INVOLVING CAPE SMYTHE AIR SERVICE CESSNA CE-207, N207DH  DATE/TIME:  AUGUST 28, 1999/APPROXIMATELY 2230 HOURS  PLACE:  HAYCOCK, AK  COORDINATES - N 65 DEGREES 12.06 MINUTES/ W 161 DEGREES 09.41 MINUTES  FAA IIC:  DENNIS A. DELO  NTSB IIC:  SCOTT ERICKSON  ON AUGUST 28, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 HOURS, AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE HAYCOCK AIRPORT DURING A PART 135 CHARTER FLIGHT FROM KOYUK TO HAYCOCK.  THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, MR. OSCAR SWANSON, STATED THAT HE OVER FLEW THE STRIP THREE TIMES TO ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WIND CONDITIONS AND RUNWAY SURFACE CONDITION.  HE DETERMINED THAT THE WIND FAVORED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AND NOTED THAT MOST OF THE RUNWAY OBSTACLES (WEEDS, STANDING WATER, RUTS) WERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  DURING THE ROLL-OUT SEGMENT OF THE LANDING, HE ENCOUNTERED A SOFT SPOT IN THE RUNWAY WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT TOWARDS THE WORSE SECTION OF RUNWAY.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED HE SAW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ENTER A POND THAT WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.  HE PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO STOP THE ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO THE POND WHICH WAS ABOUT FOUR FEET DEEP.  THERE WERE NO   INJURIES TO THE SIX PASSENGERS OR THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER NOSE COWLING, RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT, AND THE PROPELLER.  THE RUNWAY IS 1750 X 15 FEET.  THE AIRPORT REMARKS NOTES ROUGH DIPS AND HUMPS IN THE RUNWAY AND THE ENTIRE LENGTH IS ROLLING AND ROUGH.  THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ARE BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS INCIDENT:  1. THE PILOT HAD NOT CONDUCTED OPERATIONS INTO THIS AIRPORT IN SEVERAL MONTHS AND THERE FORE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CONDITIONS PRIOR TO CONDUCTING PASSENGER OPERATIONS TO THIS AIRPORT.  2. THE TIME OF DAY WAS ALSO A FACTOR.  GOING INTO AN UNKNOWN AIRPORT WITH DARKNESS APPROACHING DID NOT GIVE THE PILOT ADEQUATE VIAIBILITY TO SEE POSSIBLE DEPRESSIONS OR OTHER SIGNS OF SOFT RUNWAY CONDITIONS.  3. THE PILOT DID NOT ADEQUATELY EVALUATE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND FAILED TO EXERCISE GOOD JUDGEMENT AFTER OVER-FLYING THE RUNWAY THREE TIMES.

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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