# NTSB ANC83IA044: Cessna 207A, N75551, Kwigillingok, AK, February 9, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 9, 1983, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Kwigillingok, AK
- Coordinates: 59.869701, -163.180068 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8697&lon=-163.1801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4079
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83IA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4079/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83IA044

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequate (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N75551 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2070633
- Airframe hours: 1923
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830209060909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830209060909I), Feb 9, 1983: Cessna 207A, Kwigillingok, AK, Minor damage. Right main tire broke through snow crust on takeoff. Veered off airstrip into a snowbank.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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