# Accident 20080822845879A: Cessna 207A, Kongiganak, AK, August 22, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2008, 18:15 local time
- Place: Kongiganak, AK
- Airport: Kongiganak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 59.9608° N, 162.8814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9608&lon=-162.8814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17GN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17GN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-L (registry code 17239, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 250 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080822845879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 22, 2008, ABOUT 1815 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 207 AIRPLANE, N17GN, OPERATED BY HAGELAND AVIATION, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AS SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT 8066, OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AT KONGIGANAK, ALASKA, DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND FUSELAGE.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND THREE OF THE FIVE PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES; TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO BETHEL, ALASKA, IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND A COMPANY VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN EFFECT.

## 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 ANC08LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA111), Aug 23, 2008: Cessna 207A (N17GN), Kongiganak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to attempt to takeoff on a short, wet runway with a heavily loaded airplane, and his failure to abort the takeoff before it became impracticable.

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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