- Date
- August 19, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Atmautluak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73789Cessna T-207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830819043469A
- Case key
- 4156
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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 plt stated that during the takeoff roll, his seat slid backwards & he was unable to reach the controls. Subsequently, the acft veered to the right, departed the rwy & went into a shallow pond. The plt reported that the seat latch malfunctioned & was apparently not secured before starting the takeoff, but no broken parts were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73789
- Reported as
- Cessna T-207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700629
- Airframe hours
- 20
- Engine
- Continental IO-420F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Coastal Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1983 · 73 hours before
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 08AK · Atmautluak, runway 33, 2,200 × 40 ft, gravel
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,838 total · 874 in this make and model · 4,764 as pilot in command · 260 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N73789 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.