# Accident 20080912857759A: Cessna 207A, Dillingham, AK, September 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2008, 23:40 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Shannon'S Pond Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SAYC
- Location: 59.0447° N, 158.5056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0447&lon=-158.5056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6426H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6426H-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080912857759A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND WHILE STILL IN GROUND EFFECT, HE EXPERIENCED A WINDSHIFT AND A SUBSEQUENT TAILWIND.  THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CALCULATED TO BE TEN POUNDS UNDER GROSS WEIGHT AND THE RUNWAY HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE 2500 FEET LONG.

## 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 ANC08CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA123), Sep 12, 2008: Cessna 207 (N6426H), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate evaluation of weather and runway conditions, and his improper decision to depart downwind, on a wet gravel runway, resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain after…

## Other reports on N6426H (2)

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

- [Incident 20080104000569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080104000569I), Jan 4, 2008: Cessna 207A (N6426H), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot in command [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted] the owner of the air taxi agreed prior to the departure of this flight that the…
- [Incident 19991116031119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991116031119I), Nov 16, 1999: Cessna 207A (N6426H), Ambler, AK. (-23) The pilot stated on short final, he pulled back on the throttle and approx. 1/4 mile from runway. The engine vibrated and then stopped. The pilot made an…

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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