# NTSB ANC83IA060: Cessna C-207A, N6470H, Eek, AK, March 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1983, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Eek, AK
- Coordinates: 60.209213, -162.03067 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2092&lon=-162.0307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4085
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83IA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4085/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83IA060

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,total (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - not maintained, company maintenance personnel (cause)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING ROLL THE LEFT BRAKE DID NOT RESPOND TO THE PILOTS COMMANDS. THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE BRAKES 2 DAYS BEFORE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6470H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6470H), registered now, S/N 20700534, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-207A
- Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700534
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Southwest Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, March 26, 1983
- Departed: TOG, TOGIAK, AK
- Destination: EEK, EEK, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: EEK, Eek, runway 35, 1,550 × 75 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °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 19830328018479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830328018479I), Mar 28, 1983: Cessna 207A, Eek, AK, Minor damage. No left brake on landing. Pilot steered aircraft off runway to avoid a ditch at end of runway. Stopped nose down.

## Other investigations on N6470H (3)

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

- [NTSB ANC07LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA014), Jan 7, 2007: Cessna 207 (N6470H), Kipnuk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from terrain during the landing roll, which resulted in a collision with a snow berm with the left main landing gear, and subsequent damage to the…
- [NTSB ANC94LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94LA031), Feb 8, 1994: Cessna 207 (N6470H), Kwigillingok, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND HIS FAILURE TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND WHEN THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT WAS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED. A…
- [NTSB ANC88LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA136), Sep 10, 1988: Cessna 207 (N6470H), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

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

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