- Date
- August 23, 1986, 16:33 local (Aug 24, 1986, 00:33 UTC)
- Place
- Togiak, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1472MCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860823072949I
- Case key
- 4616
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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
After landing the airplane was taxiing to park and the pilot noticed the steering becoming stiff. He stopped the airplane and examined the nose gear and found it to have pivoted forward with the wheel coming to rest against the nose cowling. The mechanic determined that the aft drag link bolt had failed and allowed the drag link to separate from the secondary firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1472M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700668
- Airframe hours
- 3,935
- Engine
- Continental IO520-F-13, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Harolds Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 7, 1986 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TOG · Togiak, runway 5, 4,300 × 100 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 3,020 in this make and model · 4,800 as pilot in command · 401 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
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 N1472M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.