- Date
- February 9, 1983, 08:50 local (09:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kivalina, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73100Cessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4078
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Analysis
The acft departed the left side of the runway on its takeoff roll due to misting or frosting of the windshield reducing visibility. The phenomenon is common to the area. The rwy is in poor condition with precautions to use the center only for takeoff & landing.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73100
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700559
- Airframe hours
- 2,936
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Cape Smythe Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- KVL · Kivalina, AK
- Destination
- BRW · Barrow, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KVL · Kivalina, runway 29, 1,980 × 30 ft
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,025 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N73100 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.