Cessna 207 N207CA

Summary

On 4 April 1988 at about 23:20 local time, a Cessna 207 registered N207CA, operated by Northland Air Freight, was involved in an accident near Hardwick, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 April 1988 at 23:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Hardwick, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

43.7706, -96.1896

Aircraft

Cessna 207

Registration

N207CA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Northland Air Freight

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sioux Falls → Crystal

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI88FA092

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT FOR APRX 8 MINUTES IN ERRATIC DIVING, CLIMBING, AND STEEP-TURNING MANEUVERS WHICH CULMINATED IN A 12 DEGREE DESCENT TO THE GROUND. THE SOUND OF THE ENG WAS HEARD THROUGHOUT THE SEQUENCE AND OTHER EVIDENCE INDICATED ENGINE POWER AT IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES, A FARM BLDG, FARM EQUIPMENT, AND A VEHICLE, THEN BURST INTO FLAMES. THE WRECKAGE WAS STREWN ALONG A 320 FT PATH. NO EVIDENCE OF FLIGHT CONTROL MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE PLT CLAIMED AN UPSET STOMACH BEFORE THE FLT. THE PILOT'S SPEECH WAS SLURRED IN RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. THE PLT DID NOT RESPOND TO THE LAST RADIO CALL FROM SIOUX FALLS TOWER. NO EMERGENCY OR DISTRESS CALLS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE PILOT. THE POSTMORTEM EXAM OF THE PLT DID NOT IDENTIFY SPECIFIC IMPAIRMENT BUT WAS LIMITED DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE IMPACT AND FIRE DAMAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.