- Date
- July 13, 1991, 18:45 local (Jul 14, 1991, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kiana, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67941Cessna 402-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910713027299A
- Case key
- 5580
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to attain the proper touchdown point and overran the usable portion of the runway which was under construction.
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
The runway was under construction and only a portion was usable. The pilot was aware of the construction. After touchdown the airplane overran the usable portion and collided with a row of gravel
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67941
- Reported as
- Cessna 402-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0633
- Airframe hours
- 6,417
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 6, 1991 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- IAN · Kiana, runway 24, 2,500 × 120 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,917 total · 980 in this make and model · 2,833 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N67941 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.