# Accident 20111221029829A: Cessna 207A, Kwigillingok, AK, December 21, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2011, 10:20 local time
- Place: Kwigillingok, AK
- Airport: Kwigillingok
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YAAA
- Location: 59.8764° N, 163.1686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8764&lon=-163.1686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6480H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6480H-2012-05-07) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,575 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111221029829A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 21, 2011 ABOUT 1100 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, (AST), A TRICYCLE WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 207A AIRPLANE, N6480H, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON APPROACH TO KWIGILLINGOK, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES COMMERCIAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 135, SCHEDULED AIR TAXI FLIGHT BY FLIGHT ALASKA INC. D.B.A. YUTE AIR, WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED . THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND REPORTS INDICATE HE SUFFERED A MILD SPINAL INJURY. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BETHEL, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 (AST). THE REPORTED PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TRANSPORTATION OF BYPASS MAIL TO KWIGILLINGOK, AK. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY THE IMPACT AND CAME TO REST AT 59 53'1.13"N, 163 10'15.95"W APPROXIMATELY 500FT FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT. THE CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY IS KIPNUK, AK.

## 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 ANC12CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA016), Dec 21, 2011: Cessna 207A (N6480H), Kwigillingok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions with moderate icing, which resulted in structural icing and an aerodynamic stall.

## Other reports on N6480H (2)

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

- [Incident 20111012024229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111012024229I), Oct 12, 2011: Cessna 207A (N6480H), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. After landing on Bethel runway 19L the pilot shut down the aircraft due to smoke in the cockpit; no emergency declared, CFR activated. A small fire ensued in…
- [Accident 19840626030329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840626030329A), Jun 26, 1984: Cessna 207A (N6480H), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Began to lose directional control on landing roll. Tried to go around with full flaps. Struck ditch and a pipe.

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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