# Incident 20121116028419I: Cessna 207A, Toksook Bay, AK, November 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2012, 20:00 local time
- Place: Toksook Bay, AK
- Airport: Toksook Bay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 60.5413° N, 165.0872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOKSOOK BAY (OOK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5413&lon=-165.0872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N207DF-2014-07-21) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121116028419I

## Narrative

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

WHEN THE AIRMAN DEPARTED BETHEL (BET) FOR TOKSOOK BAY (OOK), A FLIGHT MANIFEST WAS RECEIVED BY THE AIRMAN WHICH STATED THE WINDS WERE FROM 050 DEGREES AT 23 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 38 KNOTS. THE WINDS REPORTED BY THE ASOS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE 060 DEGREES AT 38 KNOTS GUSTING TO 42 KNOTS.  THE LANDING RUNWAY WAS DETERMINED TO BE 34.

THE AIRMAN OVERFLEW THE FIELD AND ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 34. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST IN THE STRONG CROSSWIND.  AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND, DAMAGING IT AND THE NOSE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE SNOW TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.

THE CALCULATED STEADY STATE CROSSWIND AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE 36 KNOTS. THE MAXIMUM DEMONSTATED CROSSWIND COMPONENT OF THE CESSNA 207 IS 17 KNOTS.

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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