# NTSB ANC00LA086: Cessna 207, N1549U, Kotlik, AK, July 12, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 2000, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Kotlik, AK
- Coordinates: 63.029556, -163.539505 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.0296&lon=-163.5395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 2, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC00LA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50972/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA086

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate flare during landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot reported she misjudged the landing, and landed hard in a nose low attitude.  She said the nose wheel hit first, then the airplane rocked back and the main wheels and tail cone contacted the runway surface.  The pilot indicated there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On July 12, 2000, about 1300 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 207 airplane, N1549U, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at the New Kotlik Airport, Kotlik, Alaska.  The flight was being conducted under Title 14, CFR Part 135 as an on-demand cargo flight, when the accident occurred.  The airplane was operated by Larry's Flying Service, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska.  The solo commercial pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a company flight plan was in effect.  The flight originated at the Emmonak Airport, Emmonak, Alaska, about 1230.

During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge on July 13, and in her NTSB Pilot/Operator report, the pilot reported she misjudged the landing, and landed hard in a nose low attitude.  She said the nose wheel hit first, then the airplane rocked back and the main wheels and tail cone contacted the runway surface.  The tail cone and empennage sustained substantial damage.  The pilot estimated there was 1,000 pounds of cargo, and the fuel tanks were about 1/2 full.  She indicated there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1549U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1549U-2026-06-26), registration cancelled 2026-06-26, S/N 20700149, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (registry code 2073602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700149
- Airframe hours: 19016
- Engines: Continental IO-520F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Larry'S Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner: Eric Shade
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 20, 2000, 40 hours before
- Departed: ENM, EMMONAK, AK
- Destination: 2A9
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: 2A9, New Kotlik Airport, runway 1, 4,400 × 100 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,100 total, 170 in this make and model, 1,034 as pilot in command, 180 in the last 90 days, 92 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000712042129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000712042129A), Jul 12, 2000: Cessna 207, Kotlik, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 12, 2000, about 1000, a wheel equipped Cessna 207 airplane, N1549U, sustained substantial damage due to a hard landing at Kotlik, Alaska. The…

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.

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