# Incident 20020109000879I: Cessna 207, Bethel, AK, January 9, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2002, 17:30 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VDQC
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91170, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020109000879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 9, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT OF A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 207 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND ICING CONDITIONS WHILE HOLDING FOR A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE NORTHEAST OF BETHEL, ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED AS A FAR PART 135 ON DEMAND FLIGHT AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS LANDED AT BETHEL WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N91170 (2)

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

- [Accident 20160617009389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160617009389A), Jun 17, 2016: Cessna 207 (N91170), Goodnews Bay, AK, Substantial damage. On June 17, 2016 at about 1018 ast (1818 gmt), Cessna 207 N91170 departed quinhagak, AK (aqh) for Goodnews, AK (gnu). After departing quinhagak, the airplane…
- [Incident 20100728043569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100728043569I), Jul 28, 2010: Cessna 207 (N91170), Tuluksak, AK, Minor damage. Departing runway 20 pilot aborted takeoff. The aircraft ran off end of runway after the pilot aborted the takeoff.

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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