# Incident 20120515010839I: Cessna 207A, Dillingham, AK, May 15, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2012, 18:41 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 59.0447° N, 158.5055° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DILLINGHAM (DLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0447&lon=-158.5055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6908M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6908M) (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: LYCOMING I0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120515010839I

## Narrative

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

N6908M DEPARTED RUNWAY 19 AT DILLINGHAM (DLG) ALASKA ON TAKE OFF ROLL OUT, A NOISE FROM THE PILOTS LEFT RUDDER PEDAL WAS HEARD, AND THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO VEER  RIGHT OF CENTERLINE, PILOT LIFTED THE NOSE AND COMPLETED THE TAKE OFF.IN FLIGHT THE PILOT ASSESSED THE PROBLEM AND DETERMINED THE NOSE GEAR STEERING AND BRAKING HAD FAILED (THE LEFT RUDDER PEDAL STRUCTURALLY FAILED).PILOT THEN CALLED COMPANY AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. PILOT THEN COMPLETED A GO-AROUND LINING UP ON FINAL TO RNWY 19. HIS PLAN WAS TO TIME THE LANDING SO WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN HE WOULD BE NEXT TO TAXI WAY (B) SO IF THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD BE ON THE TAXI WAY.WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT, OFF THE RUNWAY ON TO TAXI WAY (B), HITTING THREE TAXI LIGHTS WITH THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TIRE AND STRUT, AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON TAXI WAY (B)MINIMUM DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE THIS INCIDENT, VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) WITH VISUAL METEOROLOGY CONDITIONS (VMC) DRY CONDITIONS AND A 10 TO 15 KNOT LEFT CROSS WIND.

## Other reports on N6908M (1)

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

- [Accident 20220727007549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220727007549A), Jul 27, 2022: Cessna 207A (N6908M), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. During landing approach the left rudder pedal was not responsive. The pilot used rudder trim and power to land safely on runway 01 in Dillingham. Rudder…

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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