# Accident 20130504007189A: Cessna 207A, Newtok, AK, May 4, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: Newtok, AK
- Airport: Newtok
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EPUA
- Location: 60.9392° N, 164.6414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9392&lon=-164.6414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9400M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9400M-2013-12-05) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130504007189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT NEWTOK, AK.  PILOT REPORTED HE LINED UP ON A 4NM FINAL AND WAS ABLE TO SEE A BUILDING LOCATED AT AIRPORT.  PILOT REPORTED EXPERIENCING WHITE OUT/FLAT LIGHT CONDITIONS AND WAS UNABLE TO SEE AIRPORT AT 2NM AND INITIATED GO-AROUND.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND AS GO-AROUND INITIATED.  LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON FROZEN RIVER.  PIC AND 3 PASSENGERS EXPERIENCED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 ANC13CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13CA042), May 4, 2013: Cessna 207A (N9400M), Newtok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain while on approach in flat light conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's delayed…

## Other reports on N9400M (1)

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

- [Accident 19981025030139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981025030139A), Oct 25, 1998: Cessna 207A (N9400M), Noorvik, AK, Substantial damage. Acft crashed under unknown circumstances. (-23)pilot departed kiana, AK on 14 CFR, part 135 revenue passenger flight in night VMC conditions. Area weather…

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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