# NTSB ANC85FA093: Cessna 207, N9828M, Eek, AK, June 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 15, 1985, 10:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Eek, AK
- Coordinates: 60.209587, -162.029541 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2096&lon=-162.0295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 minor, 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4410
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85FA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4410/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA093

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - throttle/power lever - loose (contributing factor)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - performance data - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9828M-1989-03-16), registration cancelled 1989-03-16, S/N 20700740, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (registry code 17237, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700740
- Airframe hours: 2420
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850615025709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615025709A), Jun 15, 1985: Cessna 207A, Eek, AK, Substantial damage. Overrun short gravel runway on the takeoff run. Nosed over in a lake. Pilot failed to use throttle friction lock.

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.

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