# Accident 20111107030069A: Cessna 207A, Kwigillingok, AK, November 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Kwigillingok, AK
- Airport: Kwigillingok
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 59.8509° N, 154.5596° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8509&lon=-154.5596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6314H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6314H-2012-12-14) (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 MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111107030069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 15 AT KWIGILLINGOK AND EXPERIENCED A LEFT BANK THAT WAS NOT RECOVERABLE.  AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE BRIEFLY BEFORE THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE SURFACE A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE WAS MOMENTARILY LEVEL BEFORE THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE SURFACE IN A SLIGHT CRAB.  THE AIRPLANE  THEN FLIPPED OVER AND SLID TO A STOP.

## 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 ANC12LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12LA002), Nov 7, 2011: Cessna 207A (N6314H), Kwigillingok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff when he realized the airplane could not attain sufficient takeoff and climb performance and his improper decision to depart from an airport where night…

## Other reports on N6314H (1)

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

- [Incident 19970206007189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970206007189I), Feb 6, 1997: Cessna 207A (N6314H), St Marys, AK. Narrative: while in cruise flight to st. mary's airport, the engine quit running. The airplane was landed on a river sandbar, just short of the airport. There…

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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