- Date
- November 19, 1986, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Manokotak, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1763UCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19861119063939A
- Case key
- 4808
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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
The pilot stated that he lost directional control of the aircraft on the takeoff roll. The aircraft exited the departure end of the runway into the open tundra.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1763U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700363
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Manokotak Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 27, 1986 · 100 hours before
- Destination
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 17Z · Manokotak, runway 2, 2,000 × 80 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 4,300 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 10 °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 N1763U · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.