GENERAL INFORMATION FOR NTSB REPORT: ANC00LA086
Data Source |
NTSB AVIATION ACCIDENT/INCIDENT DATABASE |
NTSB Report Nbr |
ANC00LA086 |
Event Id |
20001212X21354 |
Local Date |
07/12/2000 |
Local Time |
1300 |
State |
AK |
Airport Name |
KOTLIK |
Event Type |
ACCIDENT |
Injury Severity |
NONE |
Record Status |
FINAL |
Mid Air Collision |
NO |
Event Location |
ON AIRPORT/AIRSTRIP |
WEATHER INFORMATION
Weather Briefing Complete |
UNKNOWN |
Basic Weather Conditions |
VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL COND |
Light Condition |
DAY |
Cloud Condition |
CLEAR |
Cloud Height above Ground Level (ft) |
0 |
Ceiling Height above Ground Level (ft) |
0 |
Cloud Type |
NONE |
Visibility RVR (ft) |
0 |
Visibility RVV (sm) |
0 |
Visibility (sm) |
40 |
Wind Direction (deg) |
350 |
Wind Condition Flag |
U |
Wind Speed (knots) |
10 |
Wind Condition Indicated |
Unknown |
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
Aircraft 1
Type of Operation |
PART 135: AIR TAXI & COMMUTER |
Registration Number |
N1549U |
Aircraft Make |
CESSNA |
Aircraft Model |
207 |
Aircraft Series |
UNDESIGNATED SERIES |
Aircraft Damage |
SUBSTANTIAL |
Aircraft Fire |
NONE |
Aircraft Explosion |
NONE |
Aircraft Type |
AIRPLANE |
Aircraft Homebuilt |
UNKNOWN |
Phase of Flight |
LANDING |
Aircraft Use |
UNKNOWN |
Category of Operation |
NON-SCHEDULED |
Flight Plan Filed |
COMPANY VFR |
Domestic/International |
DOMESTIC |
Passenger/Cargo |
CARGO |
Operator Name |
LARRYS FLYING SERVICE |
Operator Doing Business As |
|
Owner Name |
ERIC SHADE |
Number of Seats |
2 |
Number of Engines |
1 |
ELT Installed |
YES |
ELT Operated |
NO |
Departure Airport Id |
ENM |
Departure City |
EMMONAK |
Departure State |
ALASKA |
Last Departure Point |
NO |
Destination Local |
CRASH AT DESTINATION CITY |
Destination Airport Id |
2A9 |
Destination City |
|
Runway Id |
1 |
Runway Length |
4400 |
Runway Width |
100 |
Air Carrier Operating Certificates |
YES |
Air Carrier Other Operating Certificates |
UNKNOWN |
Rotocraft/Agriculture Operating Certificate |
UNKNOWN |
Cert Max Gross Wgt |
3800 |
ENGINE INFORMATION
Aircraft 1 - Engine : #1
Engine Manufactuer
| Continental |
Engine Model
| IO-520F |
Engine Horsepower
| 300 |
Engine Thrust
| HP |
Carb/Injection
| FUEL INJECTED |
INJURY INFORMATION
Injury Summary for Aircraft 1
|
Fatal |
Serious |
Minor |
None |
Crew |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Pass |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Sequence of Events for Aircraft 1
Occurrence #1 HARD LANDING
Phase of Operation: LANDING - FLARE/TOUCHDOWN
Events Sequence for Occurrence #1 of Aircraft 1
Event Seq # |
Event Group Code |
Subject |
Modifier |
Personnel |
Cause/Factor |
1 |
2 |
FLARE |
INADEQUATE |
PILOT IN COMMAND |
CAUSE |
AIRCRAFT 1 PRELIMINARY REPORT
On July 12, 2000, about 1300 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 207 airplane, N1549U, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at the New Kotlik Airport, Kotlik, Alaska. The flight was being conducted under Title 14, CFR Part 135 as an on-demand cargo flight, when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by Larry's Flying Service, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska. The solo commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a company flight plan was in effect. The flight originated at the Emmonak Airport, Emmonak, Alaska, about 1230.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge on July 13, and in her NTSB Pilot/Operator report, the pilot reported she misjudged the landing, and landed hard in a nose low attitude. She said the nose wheel hit first, then the airplane rocked back and the main wheels and tail cone contacted the runway surface. The tail cone and empennage sustained substantial damage. The pilot estimated there was 1,000 pounds of cargo, and the fuel tanks were about 1/2 full. She indicated there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
AIRCRAFT 1 FINAL REPORT
The pilot reported she misjudged the landing, and landed hard in a nose low attitude. She said the nose wheel hit first, then the airplane rocked back and the main wheels and tail cone contacted the runway surface. The pilot indicated there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
AIRCRAFT 1 CAUSE REPORT
The pilot's inadequate flare during landing.
END REPORT