- Date
- December 21, 1988, 11:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9948MCessna 207
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19881221055449A
- Case key
- 5153
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
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Analysis
The air taxi pilot stated that he had encountered freezing drizzle and other icing conditions prior to landing, accumulating approximately 3/8' of ice on the airplane. He said that as he began his landing flare, the airplane stalled, and he was unable to recover control of the airplane prior to striking the runway with the right wing. He stated that the accident might have been prevented if he had approached the landing with greater concern for the ice on the airplane, I.e., additional airspeed and a lower flap setting.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9948M
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 207A00759
- Airframe hours
- 1,641
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Baker Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Moody, Michael W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 5, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- ORV · Noorvik, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- OTZ · Wien Memorial, runway 8, 5,900 × 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,707 total · 83 in this make and model · 1,575 as pilot in command · 259 in the last 90 days · 88 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTZ, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.