# NTSB ANC12CA048: Cessna 207A, N9874M, Platinum, AK, June 7, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 6, 2012, 16:10 local (Jun 7, 2012, 00:10 UTC) - Place: Platinum, AK - Coordinates: 59.015556, -161.825271 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0156&lon=-161.8253&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi-from runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 26, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA Anchorage FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 83887 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC12CA048 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83887/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83887 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA048 ## Probable cause The pilot inadvertently taxied the airplane into a ditch. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md) - [Airport facilities/design: taxiway markings/signage](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017040): Environmental issues › Operating environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017040/cases.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi-from runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) - [Taxi-from runway: Airport occurrence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070); cases with it: [Cessna 207A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070/sequence.md?model=2073605), [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/070/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was taxiing the airplane through an unmarked ramp area to an adjacent taxiway when he inadvertently taxied into a ditch, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s right wing. The operator stated that the accident could have been prevented had the ramp and taxiway edges been marked with lights or cones. ## Factual narrative The pilot was taxiing the airplane through an unmarked ramp area to an adjacent taxiway when he inadvertently taxied into a ditch, sustaining substantial damage to the right wing. In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident/Incident Reporting Form 6120.1, the operator stated that the accident could have been prevented had the ramp and taxiway edges been marked with lights or cones. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9874M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9874M-2024-08-27), registration cancelled 2024-08-27, S/N 20700745, built 1981 (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: 20700745 - Airframe hours: 22666 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Grant Aviation - Registered owner: Alaska Aircraft Leasing LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: AAIP, May 31, 2012, 10 hours before - Departed: PABE, Bethel, AK - Destination: PAPM, Platinum, AK - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: PAPM, Platinum ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 37; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 15, 2012; seat: left; flight hours: 3,871 total, 827 in this make and model, 184 in the last 90 days, 90 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken - Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.06 inHg - Observed at: PAPM ## 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 20120606012629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120606012629A), Jun 6, 2012: Cessna 207A, Platinum, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot in command had landed and was turning around to taxi to the parking apron. He misjudged his location and taxiied off the runway into an adjacient… ## Other investigations on N9874M (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 ANC00LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA115), Sep 6, 2000: Cessna 207 (N9874M), Kongiganak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable, rough, runway. Factors were the crosswind, the pilot's inexperience, the company's inadequate surveillance of their operation, and dispatch of an inexperienced… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 5, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83887. 743 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 743 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40378007&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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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