# Incident 20121012024569I: Cessna 207A, Tuluksak, AK, October 12, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2012, 18:00 local time
- Place: Tuluksak, AK
- Airport: Tuluksak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 61.0877° N, 160.9234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULUKSAK (TLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0877&lon=-160.9234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9948M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9948M) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121012024569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AND WAS TAXIING TO PICK UP PASSENGER, FIRST FLIGHT IN FOR PILOT THAT DAY TO TULUSAK (TLT). SUN WAS LOW ON HORIZON AND IN PILOTS EYES BLINDING HIM.THE PILOT BEING BLINDED BY THE SUN CAUSED THE COLLISION WITH THE WOOD STOVE.THE WOOD STOVE HAD BEEN  DROPPED OFF DAY BEFORE AND LEFT ON RAMP BY ANOTHER PILOT. VILLAGE AGENT DID NOT REMOVE WOOD STOVE FROM RAMP AREA.

## Other reports on N9948M (1)

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

- [Accident 19881221055449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881221055449A), Dec 21, 1988: Cessna 207 (N9948M), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. Held in freezing drizzle for a special VFR clearance. Stalled on level off.

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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