- Date
- September 16, 1984, 03:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Point Hope, AK
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N731FTCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840916051719A
- Case key
- 4371
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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 acft crashed during an attempted night takeoff with the plt controlled rwy lights turned off. The plt stated he had consumed a couple of alchoholic beverages earlier in the evening; and although approached by several people to fly, he stated he refused and passed out. He did not remember the takeoff nor the crash. According to state troopers, the plt had a blood/alcohol level of 0.247%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731FT
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000454
- Airframe hours
- 1,550
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Tigara Air
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Dilger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PHO · Point Hope, runway 1, 4,000 × 100 ft, dirt
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
- 53
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 30,400 total · 503 in this make and model · 28,300 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTZ, 145 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.