- Date
- July 14, 1986, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ekuk, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1704UCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860714032629A
- Case key
- 4700
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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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Planned approach - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Proper altitude - not attainedCause
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the approach to landing, the aircraft struck a tree stump short of the approach end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1704U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700304
- Airframe hours
- 8,799
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F-13, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Philip L. Bingham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 6, 1985 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- PLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,212 total · 90 in this make and model · 591 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N1704U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.