# NTSB ANC89LA023: Cessna 207, N70076, Napaskiak, AK, December 12, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 12, 1988, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Napaskiak, AK
- Coordinates: 60.680664, -161.99974 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6807&lon=-161.9997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC89LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - aborted
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70076-2019-04-12), registration cancelled 2019-04-12, S/N 20700547 (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: 20700547
- Airframe hours: 1682
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881212056569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881212056569A), Dec 12, 1988: Cessna 207, Napaskiak, AK, Substantial damage. Believed fuel flow low on takeoff, aborted late. Ran off end of runway and struck a parked bulldozer.

## Other investigations on N70076 (3)

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.

- [NTSB ANC96LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA017), Nov 18, 1995: Cessna 207 (N70076), Aniak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: fatigue failure of the engine crankshaft at the number 2 main bearing journal, where rubbing contact had occurred with the number 2 main bearing. A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of…
- [NTSB ANC92IA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92IA029), Jan 15, 1992: Cessna 207 (N70076), Port Moller, AK, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE ICY AND SNOW COVERED CONDITION OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND PREPARATION BY NOT SURVEYING THE SURFACE OF THE ENTIRE RUNWAY.
- [NTSB SEA85LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA010), Oct 15, 1984: Cessna C-207 (N70076), Juneau, AK, substantial damage

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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