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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 207A · Kotzebue, AK · November 20, 2001

Date
November 20, 2001 · 17:04 local
Place
Kotzebue, AK
Airport
Ralph Wien Memorial
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
YADA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N75941
Reported as
Cessna 207A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On November 20, 2001 a CE-207-A aircraft, N75941, being operated by Alaska central express inc., was on a return flight to Kotzebue, Alaska from pt. Hope, Alaska. During the flight the pilot had to use excessive rudder control to keep the aircraft straight. The pilot thought the problem was with the nose gear assembly, and planned to make a soft field landing at Kotzebue airport on RWY-35. When the aircraft landed in Kotzebue at about 1704 local time, the aircraft turned to the left and went over a small snow bank on the edge of the runway, and came to rest about 200 feet down the runway and about 20 feet to the left of the runway. The nose gear collapsed after hitting the snow bank and the propeller, right wing tip and tail skid received minor damage. The pilot was the sole occupant on board the aircraft and was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 20, 2001 A CE-207-A AIRCRAFT, N75941, BEING OPERATED BY ALASKA CENTRAL EXPRESS INC., WAS ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO KOTZEBUE, ALASKA FROM PT. HOPE, ALASKA. DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE RUDDER CONTROL TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT. THE PILOT THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND PLANNED TO MAKE A SOFT FIELD LANDING AT KOTZEBUE AIRPORT ON RWY-35. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN KOTZEBUE AT ABOUT 1704 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TO THE LEFT AND WENT OVER A SMALL SNOW BANK ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 200 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND ABOUT 20 FEET TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER HITTING THE SNOW BANK AND THE PROPELLER, RIGHT WING TIP AND TAIL SKID RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED.