- Date
- October 14, 1987, 12:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Tin City, AK
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N91021Cessna 207A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871014074819A
- Case key
- 4968
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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 the wind was a direct crosswind and the velocity was 30 knots gusting to 38 knots. During the take off roll, the airplane lifted off the ground and then settled and ran off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91021
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700014
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Foster Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,050 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 30 knots, gusting 38
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.