- Date
- December 12, 1988, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Napaskiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N70076Cessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881212056569A
- Case key
- 5151
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an aborted takeoff, the airplane collided with a bulldozer on the departure end of the snow covered runway. The pilot reported that he elected to abort the takeoff due to a low fuel flow indication. The director of operations stated that during an examination of the engine, no mechanical failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70076
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700547
- Airframe hours
- 1,682
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Dick Nelson, doing business as Hermans Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hermans/Mark Air Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 26, 1988 · 26 hours before
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- PKA · Napaskiak, runway 19, 2,400 × 20 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,543 total · 35 in this make and model · 826 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 5 °F, dew point 9 °F
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 N70076 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.