- Date
- July 23, 1988, 10:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kongiganak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1773UCessna 207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880723027519A
- Case key
- 5038
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.
Analysis
The aircraft touched down approximately 2/3 of the way down the runway. During the ldg roll, aircraft hit a rut on the runway. The plane nosed over and came to rest on its back, off the departure end of the rwy. The FAA flt info publication states that this arpt's rwy is unusable after heavy rain and should be inspected prior to use. The airport is not attended.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1773U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700373
- Airframe hours
- 5,186
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Armstrong Air Serv., doing business as Armstrong Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Richard & Joann Armstrong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 21, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- KNW · New Stuyahok, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- K6K · Kongiganak, Ak
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 375 in the last 90 days · 125 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 50 °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.