- Date
- October 16, 1987, 19:25 local (Oct 17, 1987, 03:25 UTC)
- Place
- Sheldon Point, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1472MCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871016061859A
- Case key
- 4970
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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Analysis
The air taxi pilot attempted to land on a short narrow gravel air strip in crosswind conditions. He ran off the end of the runway and the airplane was substantially damaged. The wind was in excess of recommendations for the type acft. A witness reported that the wind was 40 KTS gusting to 50 KTS from 230 degrees.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1472M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700668
- Airframe hours
- 5,037
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Friendship Air Alaska
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 13, 1987 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- KSM · Saint Marys, AK
- Airport
- SMU · Sheldons Point, runway 20, 2,190 × 60 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 40 knots, gusting 50
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 N1472M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.