- Date
- September 9, 1988, 21:58 local (Sep 10, 1988, 05:58 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6470HCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880909038109A
- Case key
- 5077
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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 was an aircraft mechanic for the operator of the airplane, and was enroute to another airport to repair a company airplane. The pilot stated that he did not do a complete job of preflighting the airplane, and attempted to takeoff with the control wheel lock (a nail) still in place. He tried unsuccessfully to remove the nail, and then tried to abort the takeoff, but was unable to stop the airplane before it ran off the end of the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6470H
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700534
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F13B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Yute Air Alaska
- Registered owner
- Yute Air Alaska
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- AK85 · Kwigillinok, AK
- Airport
- BET · Bethel, runway 36, 6,399 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,107 total · 4 in this make and model · 796 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWR
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 N6470H · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.