# Accident 19991224041869A: Cessna T207A, Bethel, AK, December 24, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1999, 10:45 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 60.7786° N, 161.8372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7786&lon=-161.8372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1864, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1864-2001-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,507 total, 1,080 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991224041869A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, WITH FIVE PASSENGERS ABOARD, WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 18 ON A SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FLIGHT'S ORIGINAL DEPARTURE TIME WAS DELAYED FOR TWO HOURS DUE TO ICE FOG, AND LOW VISIBILITY.  HE SAID THAT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE SURGED FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER.  THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN DURING AN OFF-AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING, AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, FUSELAGE, AND WINGS.  FOLLOWING RETRIEVAL OF THE AIRPLANE, AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE, AND FOUND NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES.  WHILE STILL ATTACHED TO THE AIRPLANE, THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND RUN AT IDLE.  THE ENGINE LATER PRODUCED FULL POWER ON AN ENGINE TEST STAND.  A PILOT-RATED ALASKA STATE TROOPER, WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE MAKE AND MODEL, EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE SOON AFTER THE ACCIDENT.  HE SAID THE WINGS, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND ELEVATORS HAD AN ACCUMULATION OF FROST.                                                       (-23) ON DECEMBER 24,1999, A CESSNA 207 AIRPLANE N1864, OPERATED BY GRANT AVIATION, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKE-OFF FROM RUN WAY 18, BETHEL, ALASKA, PILOTED BY WAYNE J. CLEALL, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE AIRPLANE, CARRYING FIVE PASSENGERS WITH BAGGAGE, WAS ON A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN.  ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKE-OFF THE ENGINE POWER OSSOLATED AS AIRCRAFT LEFT THE GROUND.  THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT TO ABORT FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 18.

## 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 ANC00LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA021), Dec 24, 1999: Cessna T207A (N1864), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to remove frost from the airplane prior to flight, and an inadvertent stall/mush.

## Other reports on N1864 (2)

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

- [Incident 19981223041879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981223041879I), Dec 23, 1998: Cessna T207A (N1864), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. On December 23, 1998, at 0905 Alaska standard time, a Cessna 207 airplane, N1864, sustained minor damage when it dropped into a ditch while taxiing for takeoff…
- [Incident 19921012052979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921012052979I), Oct 12, 1992: Cessna 207A (N1864), Kotlik, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft started to slip as pilot attempted to turn onto icy ramp.

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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