# NTSB ANC76AA025: Cessna 207, N91146, Cinder River, AK, August 19, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 19, 1975
- Place: Cinder River, AK · CINDER RIVER, AK
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 21, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 149665
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC76AA025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0020  75/8/19    CINDER RIVER,AK     CESSNA 207          CR-  0  0  1  NS/CTR REVENUE PASSG DOM  COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 14975
        TIME - 1800                    N91146              PX-  0  0  3                            TOTAL HOURS, 1502 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - KODIAK WESTERN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          PILOT POINT,AK              KODIAK,AK                    CINDER RIVER,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
        REMARKS- TKOF FRM SHORT GRAVEL BAR. RAN INTO SOFT AREA,THEN WATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91146](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91146-1996-03-05), registration cancelled 1996-03-05, S/N 20700090 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna T207](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (registry code 2073612) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N91146 (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 DEN90LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA060), Feb 22, 1990: Cessna T207 (N91146), Hungry Horse, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE #4 CONNECTING ROD. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR A FORCED LANDING.

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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