- Date
- August 5, 1990, 17:20 local (Aug 6, 1990, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Tetlin, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40CFCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900805033789A
- Case key
- 5419
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to mountain directional control during the landing roll.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintained
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that the airplane bounced slightly upon initial touchdown. After the second touchdown, the pilot rises the flaps and the airplane exited off the left side of the runway. The airplane subsequently crossed the runway near its end, went over a roadway, and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700234
- Airframe hours
- 9,464
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Veterans Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 16, 1990 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- ORT · Tok, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- STE · Tetlin, runway 32, 1,700 × 25 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,498 total · 81 in this make and model · 5,301 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.