- Date
- June 7, 1990, 16:29 local (20:29 UTC)
- Place
- Toledo, OH
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N73067Cessna 207
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900607045049A
- Case key
- 14690
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's poor preflight planning and his failure to attain proper climb rate during initial climb after 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.
Analysis
The pilot with four revenue passengers aboard the aircraft departed a 1400' turf runway. During initial climb, the aircraft impacted a barrier, damaging the main landing gear. On landing, the main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73067
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700558
- Airframe hours
- 5,877
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Island Airlines
- Registered owner
- Travelair Taxis, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 11, 1990 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- 58OH
- Destination
- PCW · Port Clinton, OH
- Airport
- 580H · Rattlesnake Island, runway 27, 1,400 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,938 total · 12 in this make and model · 1,767 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.