# NTSB SEA85LA010: Cessna C-207, N70076, Juneau, AK, October 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 15, 1984, 10:51 local (17:51 UTC)
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Coordinates: 58.580905, -134.769058 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5809&lon=-134.7691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40081/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA010

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - visual lookout - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command
  - object - aircraft moving on ground

## Analysis

THE RIGHT WING OF N70076 CONTACTED THE SPINNING PROPELLER OF A PA-32-300 WHILE TAXIING FROM THE RAMP AREA TO THE ACTIVE RWY. PLT STATED HE WAS CHECKING THE CLEARANCE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ACFT AND ONCE VIEWING THE PA-32-300 IT WAS TOO LATE FOR THE REMEDIAL ACTION TAKEN TO BE EFFECTIVE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70076](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70076-2019-04-12), registration cancelled 2019-04-12, S/N 20700547 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-207
- Registry model: [Cessna 207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207a) (registry code 2073604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700547
- Airframe hours: 3159
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Wings Of Alaska
- Registered owner: Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 21, 1984, 22 hours before
- Destination: HNH, HOONAH, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,510 in this make and model, 4,000 as pilot in command, 250 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JUN

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841015056231A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841015056231A), Oct 15, 1984: Cessna 207A, Juneau, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with N2947N during taxiing operation from the ramp area.

## Other investigations on N70076 (3)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC96LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA017), Nov 18, 1995: Cessna 207 (N70076), Aniak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: fatigue failure of the engine crankshaft at the number 2 main bearing journal, where rubbing contact had occurred with the number 2 main bearing. A factor relating to the accident was: the lack of…
- [NTSB ANC92IA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92IA029), Jan 15, 1992: Cessna 207 (N70076), Port Moller, AK, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE ICY AND SNOW COVERED CONDITION OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND PREPARATION BY NOT SURVEYING THE SURFACE OF THE ENTIRE RUNWAY.
- [NTSB ANC89LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA023), Dec 12, 1988: Cessna 207 (N70076), Napaskiak, AK, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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