- Date
- December 6, 1987, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Atmautluak, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73503Cessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871206071159A
- Case key
- 4933
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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 aircraft was on final approach when a vehicle appeared to be on the runway coming at the aircraft. The pilot pulled the aircraft up over the snow machine but settled back to the ground alongside the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73503
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 00599
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ryan Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ryan Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- ATM · Atmautlauk, runway 33, 2,000 × ft, snow
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,227 total · 2,227 as pilot in command · 211 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 18 °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 N73503 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.