# Accident 20100903047499A: Cessna 207A, Tuluksak, AK, September 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2010, 18:30 local time
- Place: Tuluksak, AK
- Airport: Tuluksak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 61.0967° N, 160.9683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0967&lon=-160.9683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9942M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9942M) (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-F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100903047499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM A 2,400 FOOT GRAVEL STRIP THAT WAS WET AND MUDDY WITH PUDDLES OF STANDING WATER.  THE FLAPS WERE SET FROM 25 TO 30 DEGREES AND THE ELEVATOR TRIM WAS IN THE TOP END OF THE TAKE-OFF RANGE.THE PILOT CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF ROLL WITH FULL POWER NOTICING THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT ACCELERATE AS NORMAL AND CONTINUED AS THE MAIN LANDING GEAR BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES DOWN THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE UP ATTITUDE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC10LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA083), Sep 4, 2010: Cessna 207A (N9942M), Tuluksak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed application of full power during a soft/wet field takeoff, resulting in a collision with trees during takeoff.

## Other reports on N9942M (2)

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

- [Incident 20081119851569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081119851569I), Nov 19, 2008: Cessna 207A (N9942M), Sheldon Point, AK, Minor damage. (-23) According to [privacy data omitted] (the PIC) while on landing (@emmonak) he felt the nose gear bounce and he made a go around. Fog was coming in so he…
- [Incident 19891121061259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891121061259I), Nov 21, 1989: Cessna 207 (N9942M), Kotzebue, AK. Engine quit. Switched tanks and engine started. Fuel cap not secured. Fuel gauge gave false reading.

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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