# Accident 20110902021682A: Cessna T207A, Nightmute, AK, September 2, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2011, 13:35 local time
- Place: Nightmute, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UATA
- Location: 60.6056° N, 164.5986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6056&lon=-164.5986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73789, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73789) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073615, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-M (registry code 17266, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,675 total, 205 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110902021682A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMANDS (PIC) OF CE-207 N73789, AND CE-208 N207DR, MUTUALLY AGREED TO OPERATE AS A FLIGHT OF TWO FROM THE VICINITY OF TOKSOOK BAY, ALASKA, TO BETHEL, ALASKA.  IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PIC OF THE 208, WHICH WAS POSITIONED TO THE LEFT OF THE 207, FLEW UP AND OVER THE 207, THEN DESCENDED STEEPLY UNDER ITS RIGHT WING.  WHILE PASSING BENEATH THE 207, THE 208'S VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS SHEARED WHEN IT CONTACTED THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE 207'S WING APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE FLAP AND AILERON INTERSECT.  THE 208'S DESCENT CONTINUED AND IT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.  ITS PIC WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE 207 PIC MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  UNIQUE TO THIS MIDAIR IS THAT THE TWO PIC'S WERE ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED.  ABSENT THIS RELATIONSHIP, IT IS REASONABLY UNLIKELY THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DELIBERATELY FLYING IN SUCH CLOSE PROXIMITY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N207DR, Cessna 208B: [Accident 20110902019482A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110902019482A)

## 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 ANC11FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA091), Sep 2, 2011: Cessna T207A (N73789), Nightmute, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of the other airplane to maintain adequate clearance while performing an unexpected and unannounced abrupt maneuver, resulting in a midair collision between the two airplanes.

## Other reports on N73789 (1)

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

- [Accident 19830819043469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830819043469A), Aug 19, 1983: Cessna T207A (N73789), Atmautlauk, AK, Substantial damage. Pilots seat slid back on takeoff. Control was lost. Veered off runway into a pond. Seat not fastened prior takeoff.

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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