Cessna 207 N36CF

Summary

On 16 February 2005 at about 00:08 local time, a Cessna 207 registered N36CF, operated by Flight Alaska Inc., was involved in an accident near Kipnuk, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 February 2005 at 00:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Kipnuk, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Kipnuk (PAKI)

Coordinates

59.9302, -164.0605

Aircraft

Cessna 207

Registration

N36CF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Alaska Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chefornak → Kipnuk

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ANC05LA041

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a departure from the runway and collision with a snow bank. A factor contributing to the accident was snow-covered terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The commercial certificated pilot was landing on a snow-covered runway during night visual meteorological conditions. The pilot indicated that when the nose wheel was lowered to the runway after the main landing gear wheels touched down, the airplane suddenly veered to the left. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, and the left wing struck a snow berm. The nose gear strut was displaced when a strut side brace fractured during the accident, and the left wing received damage to the outboard rib, and leading edge of the wingtip. The pilot reported the wind condition as 140 degrees at 5 knots. The operator's director of maintenance reported that during the repair of the nose gear assembly, he found no evidence of a mechanical malfunction. The runway is 2,120 feet long and 35 feet wide, and the FAA Airport/Facility Directory, Alaska Supplement, states, in part: Unattended. Caution: Runway condition not monitored, recommend visual inspection prior to using. Caution: Frequent crosswinds.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.