- Date
- February 7, 1985, 09:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Koyuk, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7329UCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850207005369A
- Case key
- 4466
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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 acft landed about 630 ft short of the threshold of rwy 02. The plt said he purposely landed short to take advantage of a rwy upslope and because of the location of snow removal equipment at the other end of the rwy. In landing short however he landed on part of the ramp which used to be an old rwy. During the landing the acft struck a snowmobile driver & fatally injured him.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7329U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 00401
- Airframe hours
- 6,593
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Ryan Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SHK · Shaktoolik, AK
- Destination
- KKA · Koyuk, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KKA · Kuyuk, runway 2, 2,000 × 60 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,448 total · 1,006 in this make and model · 2,301 as pilot in command · 234 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
- Observed at
- KKA
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 N7329U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.