- Date
- January 4, 1985, 16:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Nuiqsut, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9237MCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850104000569A
- Case key
- 4456
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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Analysis
After a night landing by the copilot, and after the first bounce, the pilot in command took control of the aircraft after it developed a high sink rate. The pilot then ground looped the aircraft.
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
- N9237M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700678
- Airframe hours
- 4,486
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cape Smythe Air Service
- Registered owner
- Cape Smythe Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 31, 1984
- Departed
- SCC · Deadhorse, AK
- Destination
- 10AK · Nuiqsut, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 10AK · Nuiqsut, runway 22, 5,000 × 75 ft, snow
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,923 total · 540 in this make and model · 1,813 as pilot in command · 460 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point -0 °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.
Other investigations on N9237M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.