# NTSB ANC90LA035: Cessna 207, N73128, Takotna, AK, February 27, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1990, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Takotna, AK
- Location: 62.9929° N, 156.0297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAKOTNA (TCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9929&lon=-156.0297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5339
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC90LA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5339/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA035

## 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

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73128-2017-03-14), registration cancelled 2017-03-14, S/N 20700562, built 1979 (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: 20700562
- Airframe hours: 8192
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900227002929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900227002929A), Feb 27, 1990: Cessna 207, Takotna, AK, Substantial damage. Landed long, unable to stop. Ran off departure end of runway.

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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