# Accident 20070927023099A: Cessna R172K, Bethel, AK, September 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2007, 19:45 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7500° N, 161.8411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7500&lon=-161.8411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758TG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758TG-2008-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,154 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070927023099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A SLOUGH APPROXIMATELY 44.2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BETHEL TO DROP HIS DAUGHTER AND FRIEND OFF TO HUNT MOOSE. AFTER HIS RECONNAISSANCE OF THE AREA THE PILOT BEGAN HIS APPROACH AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE SLOUGH IN ORDER TO APPROACH MORE INTO THE WIND. INDICATIONS ON THE WATER WERE OF A CROSSWIND. AS HE MADE THE APPROACH AND DESCENDED TOWARDS THE SLOUGH THE PILOT NOTICED THE WIND WAS STRONGER THAN HE HAD JUDGED OR ANTICIPATED. AS HE APPROACHED TREE-TOP LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TOWARDS THE TREES ON THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT SIDE. PILOT MADE A STEEP BANK TO THE LEFT TO AVOID THE TREES AND GET ALIGNED WITH THE SLOUGH AGAIN. HE WAS LEVEL AND BACK OVER THE SLOUGH AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND BEGAN BLEEDING OFF AIRSPEED. WITH THE NOSE UP, AIRCRAFT LEVEL, NO NOTICEABLE DRIFT, THE PILOT PREPARED FOR TOUCHDOWN. APPROXIMATELY 1-2 FEET ABOVE THE WATER THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE BRANCH EXTENDING ABOUT 8-10 FEET OUT OVER THE WATER. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN RIGHT, DROVE UP ONTO THE BANK OF THE SLOUGH, HIT ANOTHER TREE WITH THE LEFT WING, AND CAME TO REST ON THE BANK. THERE WAS A LIGHT RAIN AT THE TIME AND THE PILOT INDICATED HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A FACTOR.

## 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 ANC07LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA108), Sep 28, 2007: Cessna 172 (N758TG), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees while landing.

## Other reports on N758TG (1)

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

- [Incident 19920531017189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920531017189I), May 31, 1992: Cessna R172K (N758TG), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout when aircraft encountered an undetectable soft spot on 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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