# NTSB ANC08CA114: Cessna 207, N91027, Fairbanks, AK, September 1, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 1, 2008, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC) - Place: Fairbanks, AK - Coordinates: 63.963333, -147.271118 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.9633&lon=-147.2711&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 4 minor - Status: Completed, report December 11, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 69173 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC08CA114 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69173/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA114 ## Probable cause The pilot's delay in aborting the landing. A factor contributing to the accident was a variable wind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: variable wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 207, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025/cases.md?model=2073602), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034025/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 207, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=2073602), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 207, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2073602), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 207, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073602), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The commercial pilot related that he was attempting to land at a rough and uneven remote airstrip, which was surrounded by mountainous terrain. He added that the southerly approach to the airstrip required a correction for variable, easterly winds between 5 and 10 knots. He said that just before touchdown he elected to add engine power to avoid an area of rough terrain on the northern end of the site. The airplane ballooned, and landed about mid-length along the 1,500 foot-long, by 30 feet-wide airstrip. After touchdown, the pilot realized that he would be unable to stop the airplane before reaching the end of the airstrip, and he added full engine power to abort the landing, but the airplane failed to become airborne again. The airplane continued off the south end of the site, down an embankment, and into a creek bed. The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The commercial pilot related that he was attempting to land at a rough and uneven remote airstrip, which was surrounded by mountainous terrain. He added that the southerly approach to the airstrip required a correction for variable, easterly winds between 5 and 10 knots. He said that just before touchdown he elected to add engine power to avoid an area of rough terrain on the northern end of the site. The airplane ballooned, and landed about mid-length along the 1,500 foot-long, by 30 feet-wide airstrip. After touchdown, the pilot realized that he would be unable to stop the airplane before reaching the end of the airstrip, and he added full engine power to abort the landing, but the airplane failed to become airborne again. The airplane continued off the south end of the site, down an embankment, and into a creek bed. The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N91027](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91027-2013-06-14), registration cancelled 2013-06-14, S/N 20700018, built 1969 (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: 20700018 - Airframe hours: 13457 - Engines: Teledyne Continental Motors IO-550-F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Wright Air Service, Inc. - Registered owner: Wright Air Service, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 21, 2008, 32 hours before - Departed: FAI, Fairbanks, AK - Destination: ., Fairbanks, AK - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: ., Peede Airstrip, runway 18, 1,500 × 30 ft, gravel ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; injuries: minor; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 8, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 5,272 total, 500 in this make and model, 4,974 as pilot in command, 318 in the last 90 days, 114 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 29.70 inHg ## 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 20080901845979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080901845979A), Sep 1, 2008: Cessna 207, Peede Mine, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot wanted to land past the first 1/3 of the runway because it appeared to be to rough. The pilot added power to extend his landing, floated then… 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. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.