# NTSB ANC87FA028: Cessna 207, N7393U, Anchorage, AK, January 28, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1987, 05:15 local (09:15 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.159793, -149.989425 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1598&lon=-149.9894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4766
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC87FA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4766/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA028

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - fog (cause)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - decision height - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ONE MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN ILS APPROACH IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. DURING A POST ACCIDENT INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE AND REACT IN A TIMELY MANNER TO THE GROSS DEVIATION OF THE DECISION HEIGHT. HE CONTINUED DOWN UNTIL STRIKING THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7393U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700436
- Airframe hours: 10351
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO 520 F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: South Central Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, January 9, 1987, 21 hours before
- Departed: ENA, KENAI, AK
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ANC, Anchorage Int'L, runway 6R, 10,897 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,842 total, 557 in this make and model, 1,670 as pilot in command, 225 in the last 90 days, 120 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 14 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ANC, 2 nm away

## 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 19870128001269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870128001269A), Jan 28, 1987: Cessna 207A, Anchorage, AK, Destroyed. The aircraft impacted the ground on final approach. Suspect pilot failed to properly set altimeter.

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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