# Incident 20120218002759I: Cessna 207A, Kipnuk, AK, February 18, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kipnuk, AK
- Airport: Kipnuk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YAAA
- Location: 59.9316° N, 164.0281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIPNUK (IIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9316&lon=-164.0281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N755AB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N755AB-2019-07-24) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120218002759I

## Narrative

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

FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER ARRIVING AT KIPNUK AIRPORT WITHOUT EVENT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND, HAULING FOUR PASSENGERS AND THEIR BAGGAGE, FAILED TO SAFELY DEPART RUNWAY 15 RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT; NO REPORTED INJURIES.  LIGHT TO HEAVY SNOW HAD BEEN FALLING ALL MORNING.  THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE HAD BEEN RECENTLY PLOWED 20 FEET WIDE.  THE REMAINING WIDTH HAD 2-4 INCHES OF LOOSE SNOW TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, MARKED BY SPORADIC, DAMAGED CONES AND A 3-4 FOOT SNOW BERM.  THE PIC REPORTED THE PREVAILING VISIBILITY AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS 3 MILES, LOWER CEILINGS, FLAT LIGHT AND A 15 KNOT WIND FROM THE EAST, A DIRECT CROSSWIND.  THE PIC PERFORMED A CONTAMINATED TAKEOFF TECHNIQUE, GETTING THE NOSE IN THE AIR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  ABOUT 60 KNOTS, WITH THE NOSE WHEEL OFF THE GROUND, THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO DETECT THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTING TO THE LEFT DUE TO THE FLAT LIGHT AND THE OBSCURED AND DAMAGED RUNWAY EDGE MARKERS.  THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL STARTED TO DRAG THROUGH THE 2-4 INCHES OF LOOSE SNOW, ENOUGH TO PULL THE AIRCRAFT FURTHER LEFT.  THE PIC ADDED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AT THIS TIME BUT WAS UNABLE TO OVERCOME THE DRAG CREATED BY THE SNOW.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID INTO THE SNOW BERM ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, RESULTING IN THE NOSE WHEEL BREAKING OFF AND THE PROPELLER HITTING THE GROUND.  AN EVACUATION WAS ORDERED BY THE PIC.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM THE INCIDENT OR THE EVACUATION.

## Other reports on N755AB (5)

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

- [Incident 20011030033329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011030033329I), Oct 30, 2001: Cessna 207A (N755AB), Bethel, AK. (-23) On 10/30/2001, at 6:58PM AKST, commerical pilot sergei anatolyevich ivanov was pilot in command of CE-207, N755AB, operated under FAR 135 by flight…
- [Accident 19980521014839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980521014839A), May 21, 1998: Cessna 207 (N755AB), Quinhagak, AK, Substantial damage. Hit mud puddle on takeoff from dirt strip. Landed bet found damaged stabilizer. Had hit rwy light on takeoff. (.4)the pilot was departing a rural village…
- [Accident 19951216043359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216043359A), Dec 16, 1995: Cessna 207A (N755AB), Newtok, AK, Substantial damage. Weathervaned on initial takeoff roll. Aborted but was blown off runway down an embankment. Right wing damaged.
- [Incident 19930611030629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930611030629I), Jun 11, 1993: Cessna 207 (N755AB), Quinhagak, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft struck boxes as he taxied between two parked aircraft. Pilot stated he did not see boxes.
- [Incident 19881123064469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881123064469I), Nov 23, 1988: Cessna 207A (N755AB), Raleigh, NC, Minor damage. Smoke in cockpit. Emergency landing in field. Left side engine exhaust muffler failed. Gas burned air intake hose.

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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