- Date
- August 8, 1990, 17:30 local (Aug 9, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N73835Cessna T-207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900808031839A
- Case key
- 5422
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff.
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Abort - delayedCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that he aborted the takeoff when he realized that he had insufficient distance remaining in which to get off the water. The airplane ran up on the river bank before it could stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73835
- Reported as
- Cessna T-207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700632
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20S, 418 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Katmai Air Inc
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 9 in this make and model · 6,050 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 88 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.