# NTSB ANC88LA023: Cessna 207, N73036, Akiachak, AK, January 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 4, 1988, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Akiachak, AK
- Location: 60.9210° N, 161.4022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Akiachak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9210&lon=-161.4022&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4978
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC88LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4978/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON THE ICE COVERED RUNWAY, HE LOST CONTROL CAUSING THE PLANE TO EXIT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO A SNOW BANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N73036](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73036), registered now, S/N 20700555, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700555
- Airframe hours: 4826
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Yute Air Service
- Registered owner: Phillip L. Bingham
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 10, 1987, 26 hours before
- Departed: TULUKSAK, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: 2-13, Akiachak, runway 28, 1,900 × 100 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,750 total, 188 in this make and model, 1,535 as pilot in command, 213 in the last 90 days, 140 in the last 30 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 30 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880104000909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880104000909A), Jan 4, 1988: Cessna 207, Akiachak, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on the icy runway. Slid off the end into a snowbank. Special training to be given for icy runways.

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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