- Date
- July 6, 1983, 12:33 local (20:33 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6271HCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4034
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 acft collided with a beached unoccupied 18 ft skiff during a takeoff attempt from a soft beach. This acft is a 7 place model. At the time of the accident there were 12 occupants on board. The acft was not overweight because several occupants were children being held by adults. The acft was however out of c.g. in addition, the soft sand on the beach was crossed by a number of fish net lines. One of the passengers said the tail dragged on the beach during the takeoff roll. The pilot said he had cut the power to abort because of slow acceleration when he hit the boat and nosed over. It could not be determined when the skiff was placed on the beach. Not all occupants were using safety belts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6271H
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700459
- Airframe hours
- 3,020
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Southwest Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 30, 1983 · 58 hours before
- Destination
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Airport
- None
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,032 total · 385 in this make and model · 1,780 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg