- Date
- December 3, 1993, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tuntutuliak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36CFCessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19931203047519A
- Case key
- 2476
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain proper alignment during the takeoff roll. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and the snow berm along the edge of the runway.
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 pilot-in-command reported that during the takeoff roll, the airplane's left main landing gear wheel collided with a snow berm, which resulted in the loss of directional control. The airplane then exited the runway and went onto tundra.
Factual narrative
On December 03, 1993, at approximately 1945 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Cessna 207 airplane, N36CF, operated by Yute Air Alaska, Inc., crashed during takeoff from runway 20 at Tuntutuliak, Alaska. The commercial certificated pilot-in- command, the sole occupant, was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The positioning flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The intended destination was Bethel, Alaska. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a company VFR flight plan was in effect.
In a telephone interview on the evening of December 03, 1993, the pilot-in-command told the NTSB investigator-in-charge that during the takeoff roll, the plane's left main landing gear wheel got too close to the east side edge of the runway and the snow pulled the airplane off the runway resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot said that he had accrued a total flight time of approximately 2460 hours of which about 125 hours were in the Cessna 207.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700269
- Airframe hours
- 20,275
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Yute Air Alaska, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1993 · 6 hours before
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- AK61 · Tuntutuliak, runway 20, 1,800 × 100 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,285 total · 127 in this make and model · 2,225 as pilot in command · 223 in the last 90 days · 120 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F
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 N36CF · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.