- Date
- February 27, 1990, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Takotna, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73128Cessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900227002929A
- Case key
- 5339
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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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point for landing, his excessive airspeed, his failure to go around while he still had sufficient airspeed, the snow covered runway, and the snowbank.
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
During a landing on a 1700' snow covered rwy, the acft touched down at about midfield & the plt was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. Subsequently, the acft hit a snowbank & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73128
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700562
- Airframe hours
- 8,192
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Mark Air Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 24, 1990 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- MCG · Mcgrath, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TCT · Takotna, runway 6, 1,700 × 60 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 959 total · 290 in this make and model · 866 as pilot in command · 126 in the last 90 days · 53 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.