# Accident 20080909857749A: Cessna T207, September 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Airport: Aniak Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B7TA
- Location: 60.7167° N, 158.9333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7167&lon=-158.9333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1754U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1754U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207 (registry code 2073612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207
- Reported engine: CONT
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 295 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080909857749A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME (ADT), AN INLAND AVIATION SERVICES, INC. FLIGHT, NUMBER 004 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING IN HEAVY RAIN AT THE LITTLE CINNABAR MINING STRIP.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFT PART 135 AS A CHARTER FLIGHT FROM ANIAK TO THE LITTLE CINNABAR MINING STRIP, A CLOSED MINE APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES SOUTH EAST OF ANIAK, ALASKA.  THE AIRCRAFT, N1754U, A CESSNA 207, DEPARTED ANIAK (ANI) ON A COMPANY VFR FLIGHT PLAN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT AND COMPANY OWNER INDICATED THAT THE FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE WAS ANI TO THE LITTLE CINNABAR MINING STRIP LEAVING HUNTERS AND RETURNING TO ANI.  THE FLIGHT DEPARED AT 3:12 PM AND THE ACCIDENT WAS AT 3:42 PM.  THE FLIGHT HAD APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS OF FUEL AND THREE PERSONS ON BOARD.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO BE VFR, WITH 10 MILES VISIBILITY, HEAVY RAIN, AND WINDS 3 T0 5 KNOTS CROSS THE LANDING STRIP.  THE LANDING STRIP HAD GRAVEL ON BOTH ENDS WITH DIRT THROUGH THE MIDDLE IT ALSO SLOPED TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE HIS LANDING TO THE NORTH AT THE LITTLE CINNABAR MINING STRIP.  THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT UPON LANDING THE AIRPLANE WAS STARTING TO GET TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  HE STATED THAT HE STARTED USING RIGHT BRAKE WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND FULL RIGH TAILERON AT THE THAT TIME FOR NOSE FORK BROKE OFF BRINGING THE AIRPLANE TO QUICK HALT.  THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE DESCRIPTION, ACCORDING TO TOM PETRIE THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE IS THAT THE NOSE FORK BOLTS SHEARED OFF CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE PROPELLER, THE LEFT  WING TIP, THE INBOARD LEFT WING AND AFT SPAR, AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE IN THE FLAP AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IS CAPSTONE EQUIPPED.

## 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 ANC08CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA120), Sep 9, 2008: Cessna T207 (N1754U), Nyac, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in the nose wheel separating from the airplane during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N1754U (2)

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

- [Accident 19980913023679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980913023679A), Sep 13, 1998: Cessna T207 (N1754U), Sleetmute, AK, Substantial damage. Air taxi struck an unidentified object with its tail on rotation for takeoff, acft returned to the arpt with some difficulty and landed safely with substantail…
- [Incident 19810601039109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810601039109I), Jun 1, 1981: Cessna T207 (N1754U), Noorvik, AK, Minor damage. Nosewheel sank into mud with prop damage during landing on a notamed closed muddy runway under construction.

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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