- Date
- April 15, 1985, 08:35 local (12:35 UTC)
- Place
- Port Graham, AK
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9970MCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850415014199A
- Case key
- 4477
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt lost directional control while taking off from a rwy covered with 4 to 6 inches of snow, ice & slush. The acft then swerved sideways, collided with a snow bank & was damaged. The arpt was located on public domain & was not regularily attended or maintained. On the morning of the mishap, snow fell & there was a light dusting of fresh snow covering the slush ice & water puddles. Also, there was a severe dip in the initial part of rwy 12.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9970M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700769
- Airframe hours
- 690
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cook Inlet Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- James P. Fero
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Airport
- PGM · Port Graham, runway 12, 2,245 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,900 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 14,800 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °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 N9970M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.