- Date
- January 9, 1985, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mt Village, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9946MCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850109000489A
- Case key
- 4458
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
Takeoff was performed downhill on the ice covered 2200 ft gravel airstrip. Plt stated liftoff was late but given the surrounding terrain, the takeoff was continued rather then aborted. During climb the acft contacted the roof of an abandoned building. Acft then settled to the ground 90 degrees to the rwy heading.
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
- N9946M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700758
- Airframe hours
- 1,743
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Hageland Aviation Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 8, 1984 · 43 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MOU · Mt Village, runway 16, 2,200 × 40 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 5,500 in this make and model · 5,500 as pilot in command · 320 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 23 °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.