- Date
- April 15, 2022, 17:32 local (Apr 16, 2022, 01:32 UTC)
- Place
- Pilot Station, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73503Cessna 207A
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220415002219A
- Case key
- 104965
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff in crosswind conditions which resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during takeoff, a crosswind pushed the airplane to the right. He aborted the takeoff and attempted to correct for the right drift to no avail. Subsequently, the airplane continued to the right, exited the runway, impacted a snowbank, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73503
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700599
- Built
- 1980
- Airframe hours
- 23,041
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ryan Air Inc
- Registered owner
- Ryan Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 31, 2022 · 88 hours before
- Destination
- PABE · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- OAK · Pilot Station, runway 22, 4,000 × 75 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 12, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,405 total · 297 in this make and model · 457 as pilot in command · 188 in the last 90 days · 73 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.63 inHg
- Observed at
- PASM, 12 nm away
- METAR
- PASM 160154Z AUTO 15012G18KT 10SM RA FEW015 BKN020 OVC047 02/01 A2963 RMK AO2 WSHFT 0136 RAB40 P0001 FZRANO
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 30, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N73503 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.