# NTSB ANC05CA089: Cessna 207A, N39AK, Excursion Inlet, AK, July 3, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 3, 2005, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Excursion Inlet, AK - Coordinates: 58.420555, -135.43222 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.4206&lon=-135.4322&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 5 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 27, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 61871 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC05CA089 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61871/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA089 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a building during taxi from landing, which resulted in structural damage to the left wing when it struck the building. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing - object - building(nonresidential) - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The commercial pilot of the on-demand air taxi flight was back-taxiing on a remote airstrip when he saw another airplane on short final for the airstrip. In an effort to quickly clear the landing area, he turned too close to a small building, striking the building with the left wing, sustaining structural damage to the left wing. ## Factual narrative On July 3, 2005, about 1430 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 207A airplane, N39AK, sustained substantial damage when its left wing impacted a small building during taxi after landing at a remote dirt airstrip at Excursion Inlet, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by Wings of Alaska, of Juneau, Alaska, as a visual flight rules (VFR) on-demand air taxi flight under Title 14, CFR Part 135, when the accident occurred. The commercial certificated pilot and five passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and company flight following procedures were in effect. The flight originated at Juneau, about 1410. In a written statement submitted to the National Transportation Safety Board dated July 12, the president of the company reported that after landing, while back-taxiing on the runway, the pilot noticed another airplane on short final for the airstrip. He wrote that in an effort to expedite clearing the landing area, the pilot turned too close to a small building. The left wing struck the building, resulting in structural damage to the wing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N39AK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39AK), registered now, S/N 20700597, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 207A - Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073605) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (registry code 17237, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20700597 - Engines: Continental IO-520 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Wings of Alaska, doing business as Wings of Alaska - Registered owner: Wings Airline Services Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Departed: 5Z1, Juneau, AK - Destination: EXI, Excursion Inlet, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 37; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 1,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days, 80 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20050703017379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050703017379A), Jul 3, 2005: Cessna 207A, Excursion Inlet, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) While taxiing at the Excursion Inlet airfield, aircraft struck a building with the left wing tip causing substantial damage. ## Other investigations on N39AK (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 ANC09LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA017), Dec 31, 2008: Cessna 207A (N39AK), Hoonah, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the aft cargo door was properly latched and locked prior to departure, which resulted in an in-flight opening of the aft cargo door and subsequent damage to 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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