- Date
- February 9, 1983, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kwigillingok, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N75551Cessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830209060909I
- Case key
- 4079
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Analysis
While on takeoff the right main landing gear broke through the crust of a snow drift. The aircraft then veered to the right into a snowbank.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequateCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75551
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2070633
- Airframe hours
- 1,923
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Bethel Ventures D/B/A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 27, 1982 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- AK85 · Kwigillingok, AK
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- AK85 · Kwigillingok, runway 15, 2,300 × 35 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,225 total · 232 in this make and model · 1,060 as pilot in command · 231 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.