# Accident 20120123000839A: Cessna 207A, Nikiski, AK, January 23, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2012, 08:15 local time
- Place: Nikiski, AK
- Airport: Mcgahan Industrial Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XDKC
- Location: 60.7250° N, 151.3000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7250&lon=-151.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N800DF) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,757 total, 2,650 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120123000839A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 23, 2012 ABOUT 0815 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, (AST), A TRICYCLE WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 207A AIRPLANE, N800DF, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36 AT MCGAHAN INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK (AK73) AT APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL TWILIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES COMMERCIAL FLIGHT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 135,  ON DEMAND CHARTER FLIGHT BY REDISKE AIR INC (XDKC), WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TRADING BAY, AK AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 (AST). THE REPORTED PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TRANSPORTATION OF ONE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TO AK73. THE AIRMAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36, HOWEVER MISSED THE RUNWAY AND LANDED IN A GROVE OF ALDERS APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE, AND APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 36, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY IS KENAI, AK AND METAR REPORTS INDICATE VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THAT AREA.

## 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 ANC12CA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA019), Jan 23, 2012: Cessna 207A (N800DF), Nikiski, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper identification of the runway surface. Contributing to the accident was the snow covering the runway lights.

## Other reports on N800DF (2)

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

- [Accident 19990903025559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990903025559A), Sep 3, 1999: Cessna 207 (N800DF), Ninilchik, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 3, 1999, about 1930 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 207 airplane, N800DF, sustained substantial damage when it collided with a tree stump…
- [Incident 19860906060879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860906060879I), Sep 6, 1986: Cessna 207A (N800DF), Polly Creek, AK, Minor damage. Forced landing on beach after engine lost oil pressure. Found broken push rod.

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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