# NTSB ANC84LA177: Cessna P210N, N731FT, Point Hope, AK, September 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 16, 1984, 03:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place: Point Hope, AK
- Coordinates: 68.700492, -164.809783 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=68.7005&lon=-164.8098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4371
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4371/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA177

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure induced by others, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - not operating
  - miscellaneous equipment - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - climb - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - incapacitation(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731FT), registered now, S/N P21000454, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000454
- Airframe hours: 1550
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840916051719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840916051719A), Sep 16, 1984: Cessna P210N, Point Hope, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft impacted the ground after a night takeoff from an unlit runway. Pilot does not remember takeoff, crash

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.