# Accident 20050703017379A: Cessna 207A, Excursion Inlet, AK, July 3, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Excursion Inlet, AK
- Airport: Excursion Inlet Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AJAA
- Location: 58.4206° N, 135.4322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.4206&lon=-135.4322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39AK) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050703017379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING AT THE EXCURSION INLET AIRFIELD, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BUILDING WITH THE LEFT WING TIP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC05CA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA089), Jul 3, 2005: Cessna 207A (N39AK), Excursion Inlet, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a building during taxi from landing, which resulted in structural damage to the left wing when it struck the building.

## Other reports on N39AK (2)

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

- [Accident 20081231857469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081231857469A), Dec 31, 2008: Cessna 207A (N39AK), Hoonah, AK, Substantial damage. N39AK, wings of Alaska flight 15, a Cessna 207A aircraft, while in cruise flight over sisters island Alaska the right rear cargo door opened. Aircraft…
- [Incident 19880903060569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880903060569I), Sep 3, 1988: Cessna 207A (N39AK), Juneau, AK, Minor damage. Misjudged clearance between 2 parked aircraft. Struck rudder of one. Aircraft was parked outside stripe.

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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