- Date
- June 15, 1985, 10:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Eek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9828MCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850615025709A
- Case key
- 4410
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 pilot-in-command stated that during the takeoff roll he was moving the flap control lever up and down to effect a lift off. The airplane never left the runway and ran off the end of the ten foot embankment, traveled 140 feet before striking a bank and then nosed over into a lake. The pilot-in-command stated there was no mechanical malfunction discernalble. Examination of the wreckage showed the flaps to be in the up position and the throttle friction had come completely unscrewed from its shaft and was dangling on the throttle shaft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9828M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700740
- Airframe hours
- 2,420
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Seagull Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- EEK · Eek, AK
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EEK · Eek, runway 17, 1,300 × 42 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,293 total · 800 in this make and model · 104 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °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.