# Accident 20130721014729A: Cessna T207A, King Salmon, AK, July 21, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2013, 11:35 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: King Salmon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENFA
- Location: 58.6764° N, 156.6486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6764&lon=-156.6486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N499K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N499K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 12,770 total, 5,500 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130721014729A

## Narrative

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

PIC DEPARTED OPERATOR DOCK ON NAKNEK RIVER IN AIRCRAFT ON FLOATS WITH 6 PASSENGERS.  WEATHER- VISIBILITY 5-7 NM, CEILING 900 FEET, SVFR.  PIC CONTACTED AKN CONTRACT TOWER AND REQUESTED DOWN RIVER TAKEOFF BUT WAS TOLD THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AT THE TIME BUT UP RIVER WAS GOOD.  PIC TURNED AIRCRAFT UP RIVER. PIC OBTAINED SVFR CLEARANCE AND PERMISSION TO "PROCEED OFF THE RIVER" FROM TOWER.  PIC LOOKED UP RIVER AND SAW BOATS ON HIS RIGHT AND NO BOATS ON LEFT.  PIC INCREASED POWER TO GET ON FLOAT STEP TO PASS BOATS ON RIGHT BEFORE ADDING FULL TAKEOFF POWER.  PIC IMMEDIATELY HEARD AND FELT A COLLISION THAT CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO ROLL FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT ENDING UPSIDE DOWN.  PIC OPENED HIS LEFT DOOR AS AIRCRAFT SANK AND 6 PASSENGERS EXITED AND STOOD ON WING AND BELLY UNTIL PICKED UP BY BOATS.

AIRCRAFT LEFT FLOAT STRUCK RIGHT SIDE BOW OF A 20 FOOT FLAT BOTTOM ALUMINUM BOAT.  BOAT HAD 90HP OUTBOARD JET AND WAS IN REVERSE.  BOAT DRIVER AND 2 BOAT PASSENGERS WERE THROWN INTO WATER BY IMPACT.  BOAT DRIVER ASSISTED PILOT AS 2 BOAT PASSENGERS SWAM TOWARD SHORE BUT WERE PICKED-UP BY OTHER BOATS.  DAMAGED BOAT WAS CIRCLING IN REVERSE UNTIL STOPPED.

PIC STATED HE LOOKED BUT DID NOT SEE THE BOAT THAT HE STRUCK.

## 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 ANC13LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA066), Jul 21, 2013: Cessna T207A (N499K), King Salmon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate visual lookout while departing from a multiple-use waterway, which resulted in a collision with a drifting boat. Contributing to the accident were the lack of visual…

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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