# NTSB ANC89LA025: Cessna 207, N9948M, Kotzebue, AK, December 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 21, 1988, 11:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Coordinates: 67.240737, -161.189086 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.2407&lon=-161.1891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 6, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC89LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5153/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA025

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9948M), registered now, S/N 20700759, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520-F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-f) (registry code 17237, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 207A00759
- Airframe hours: 1641
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881221055449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881221055449A), Dec 21, 1988: Cessna 207, Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. Held in freezing drizzle for a special VFR clearance. Stalled on level off.

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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