# Accident 20120706028429A: Cessna 207A, Kotlik, AK, July 6, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: Kotlik, AK
- Airport: Kotlik
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 63.0250° N, 163.5261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.0250&lon=-163.5261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2162C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2162C-2019-10-05) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,075 total, 349 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120706028429A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IMPACTED A RIVER WHILE ADJUSTING POWER SETTINGS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM KOTLIK.  HE RETURNED TO KOTLIK AND ON LANDING THE PROPELLER AND NOSE STRUCK THE GROUND.  HE HAD LOST THE NOSE GEAR AT THE LANDIS FORK DURING THE IMPACT WITH THE RIVER.

## 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 ANC12CA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA067), Jul 6, 2012: Cessna 207A (N2162C), Kotlik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain during cruise flight at low altitude, which resulted in an in-flight collision with water. A contributing factor was the pilot’s…

## Other reports on N2162C (1)

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

- [Accident 19980617024509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980617024509A), Jun 17, 1998: Cessna 207 (N2162C), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. On downwind struck a large bird. Landed safely but substantial wing damage.(.4)the certificated commercial pilot entered a left downwind for landing on runway…

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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