# Incident 20090202025059I: Cessna 207A, Chefornak, AK, February 2, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2009, 09:40 local time
- Place: Chefornak, AK
- Airport: Chefornak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YAAA
- Location: 60.1368° N, 164.2790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHEFORNAK (CFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1368&lon=-164.2790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9935M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9935M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207A (registry code 2073605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-F (registry code 17237, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090202025059I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE CHEFORNAK AIRPORT THE PILOT SET HIS FLAPS FOR 10 DEGREES AND DID NOT NOTICE THE NORMAL FEEL OF BALLOONING OR DECELERATION. HE CONTINUED WITH A WIDER APPROACH TO PREPARE FOR A NO-FLAP LANDING. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A SNOW BERM. THE NOSE FORK BROKE AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N9935M (3)

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

- [Accident 20080818845621A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080818845621A), Aug 18, 2008: Cessna 207A (N9935M), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) In his admission of fault, [privacy data omitted], who was operating as pilot in command of N9588M stated: he was taxiing too fast, was in too much of a…
- [Incident 19890309016479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890309016479I), Mar 9, 1989: Cessna 207A (N9935M), Dot Lake, AK. Erratic running engine. Landed on alaskan highway. A bolt and castellated nut was missing from throttle arm.
- [Incident 19881216066339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881216066339I), Dec 16, 1988: Cessna 207A (N9935M), Delta Junction, AK. Rough engine. Precautionary landing on healy lake. Found NR3 cylinder had failed between the valves.

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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