# Accident 20010725039649A: Cessna 207A, Kalskag, AK, July 25, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2001, 13:10 local time
- Place: Kalskag, AK
- Airport: Kalskag Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHC
- Location: 61.5406° N, 160.3183° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5406&lon=-160.3183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9973M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9973M-2014-04-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010725039649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOLLOWING REPORTED BY OPERATOR: WED., JULY 25 2001, AIRCRAFT N9973M DEPARTED KALSKAG, ALASKA AT 13:10 ENROUTE EMMONAK, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO PASSENGERS OR CARGO ABOARD. WHILE IN A LEFT TURN AFTER DEPARTURE, THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTED A TREE. THE PILOT THOUGHT IT WAS A BIRD STRIKE. THE PILOT CONDUCTED AN INFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE CONTROLS AND NOTED NO ADVERSE OR UNSAFE CONDITION. HE OPTED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT TO EMMONAK, ALASKA. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EVENTS BEING NOTED. WEATHER WAS NOTED AS BEING 4,500 SCATTERED, VIS IN EXCESS OF 10 MILES. WX WAS NOT A FACTOR. SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PIC INDICATE THAT HE WAS MANEUVERING TO AVOID BIRDS ON THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR HIS ABRUPT LOW LEVEL TURN.

## 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 ANC01LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA117), Jul 25, 2001: Cessna 207 (N9973M), Kalskag, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from an object during the initial climb after takeoff.

## Other reports on N9973M (5)

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

- [Incident 20121027023509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121027023509I), Oct 27, 2012: Cessna 207A (N9973M), Emmonak, AK, Minor damage. During a landing approach to Emmonak Airport, the pilot reported the engine began to surge. The pilot applied full rich mixture and the engine quit. The…
- [Incident 20080913845759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080913845759I), Sep 13, 2008: Cessna 207A (N9973M), Akiak, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On September 12, 2008, at 1800 hours Alaska daylight savings time, N-9973M, a CE-207A, on final approach to kipnuck airport (paki), Alaska, was struck by…
- [Incident 20061202026369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061202026369I), Dec 2, 2006: Cessna 207A (N9973M), Nightmute, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft slid off the end of the runway at Nightmute, Alaska causing damage to the nose strut and propeller. Unable to talk to the PIC as he is out…
- [Incident 19940826043979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940826043979I), Aug 26, 1994: Cessna 207 (N9973M), Emmonak, AK, Minor damage. Observed person on a beach waving arms. Landed to help. Nose wheel broke free on rollout. Attach bolts failed.
- [Incident 19870406037329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870406037329I), Apr 6, 1987: Cessna 207A (N9973M), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. Landed long with a slight tailwind. Departed end of the runway.

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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