# Accident 20050902022969A: Cessna 207A, Kotzebue, AK, September 2, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXTA
- Location: 66.8847° N, 162.3986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8847&lon=-162.3986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9964M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050902022969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT UPON ROLL OUT THE PILOT LOST STEERING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT WHICH DAMAGED RIGHT WING TIP AND PROPELLER AND CAME TO A STOP.

## 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 ANC05LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA136), Sep 2, 2005: Cessna 207 (N9964M), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the nose gear steering mechanism during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent encounter with 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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