- Date
- February 12, 1988, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Brevig Mission, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9950MCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880212002519A
- Case key
- 4985
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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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - high windCause
Weather condition - gustsCause
Directional control - not maintainedFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated that while taxiing on the ramp perpendicular to the wind direction, a strong wind gust lifted the right wing and tail of the aircraft. The aircraft slowly turned over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9950M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700760
- Airframe hours
- 4,447
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Cape Smythe Air Service, doing business as Cape Smythe Air Service
- Registered owner
- Grant B Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 27, 1988 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- OME · Nome, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KTS · Brevig Mission, runway 4, 2,400 × 50 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,330 total · 1,653 in this make and model · 4,160 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 170 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.