# NTSB ANC85LA117: Cessna 207, N1686U, Jakolok Bay, AK, July 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1985, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Jakolok Bay, AK
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4517
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4517/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA117

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

PLT LANDED SHORT OF GRAVEL BEACH AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AIRPLANE ON LARGE ROCKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1686U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1686U-1993-07-14), registration cancelled 1993-07-14, S/N 20700286 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (registry code 2073602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700286
- Airframe hours: 5700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Cook Inlet Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, June 1, 1985
- Departed: HOM, HOMER, AK
- Destination: 4Z9, JAKOLOF BAY, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: 4Z9, Jakolof Bay, runway 1, 1,200 × 40 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 14,600 total, 14,000 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 52 °F

## 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 19850704031509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850704031509A), Jul 4, 1985: Cessna 207, Jakolof Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Landed short on rough beach runway. Left main and nose gear struck rocks and collapsed.

## Other investigations on N1686U (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC93FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA012), Nov 6, 1992: Cessna 207 (N1686U), Montague Island, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INTENTIONAL VFR DEPARTURE INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND THE COMPANY CHIEF PILOT'S FAILURE TO EXERCISE ADEQUATE SUPERVISION. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS IN THE…

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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