- Date
- January 18, 1984, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Deering, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9950MCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840118001169A
- Case key
- 4268
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Analysis
While in the traffic pattern for a night landing, the plt noticed the village agent's truck positioned about 2/3 down the rwy facing north. The plt assumed the truck was indicating the landing direction. During the landing roll, the plt noticed the truck on the side of the rwy & attempted to turn toward the west side of the rwy. The acft weathervaned on the ice & collided with the truck. The truck was actually being used to light smudge pots.
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
- N9950M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700760
- Airframe hours
- 1,505
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Cape Smythe Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 15, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DRG · Deering, runway 35, 3,000 × 100 ft, snow
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,175 total · 1,104 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 325 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- 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.