# Incident 20021015034499I: Cessna 207A, Kwigillingok, AK, October 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2002, 14:05 local time
- Place: Kwigillingok, AK
- Airport: Kwigillingok Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYQA
- Location: 59.8757° N, 163.1681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KWIGILLINGOK (GGV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8757&lon=-163.1681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7389U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7389U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,520 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021015034499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT'S WHEEL BECAME STUCK IN A SOFT SPOT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. WHILE THE AIRMAN WAS POWERING OUT OF THE SOFT SPOT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK AN UNKNOWN OBJECT. THE AIRMAN SAID HE HEARD A "CLUNK" AND TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN TO BETHEL IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION.

## Other reports on N7389U (3)

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

- [Accident 19970222003669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970222003669A), Feb 22, 1997: Cessna 207A (N7389U), Chevak, AK, Substantial damage. High sink on final and whiteout. Hit 6 inch snow berm. 100FT short runway. Sheared nose gear. Landed on runway.
- [Incident 19851215065729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851215065729I), Dec 15, 1985: Cessna 207A (N7389U), Fort Yukon, AK. Smoke in cabin before precautionary landing. Engine ran rough. Cylinder 6 cracked in barrel area.
- [Accident 19830107066919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830107066919A), Jan 7, 1983: Cessna 207A (N7389U), Aniak, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Severed nose gear landing on rough river ice. Found ice clogging fuel system.

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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