# Incident 20170220005689I: Cessna T207A, Gustavus, AK, February 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Gustavus, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P9KA
- Location: 58.4133° N, 135.7369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gustavus, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.4133&lon=-135.7369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1301L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1301L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207A (registry code 2073615, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-M (registry code 17266, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,410 total, 301 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170220005689I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION:

PILOT OF CESSNA N1301L TAXIED FROM THE GUSTAVUS ALASKA AIRPORT PASSENGER TERMINAL TO RUNWAY 29 VIE TAXIWAY ALPHA.   WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM TERMINAL BUILDING THE PILOT HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CALL ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY FREQUENCY.  THE PILOT LOOKED OUT HIS LEFT SIDE WINDOW TO FIND THE LOCATION OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND TOGGLED THE MICROPHONE TO MAKE A RETURN RADIO CALL.  AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO AND IMPACTED A UNMARKED THREE FOOT TALL, FIFTEEN FOOT WIDE PILE OF SNOW AND ICE THAT HAS BEEN PLOWED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE RAMP AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND NOSE WHEEL WERE DAMAGED IN THE COLLISON.  THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THERE WAS NO CONFLICT WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND.

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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