- Date
- January 21, 1982, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Graham, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1729UCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820121001479A
- Case key
- 72286
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during a base to final turn, the aircraft was blown slightly off the center line of the runway. Also, he reported encountering a wind shear effect from a nearby bluff. As the plane drifted to the right, it commenced a high sink rate and the pilot added power. However, the right main landing gear struck a snowberm at the edge of the runway. The plane continued in a relatively straight line for about 75 to 80 ft, then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1729U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700329
- Airframe hours
- 5,798
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cook Inlet Aviation
- Registered owner
- Cook Inlet Aviation
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- Provo, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KEB · English Bay, runway 1, 1,800 × 40 ft, gravel
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,226 total · 47 in this make and model · 4,112 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.