Cessna 207A N7373U

Summary

On 1 March 2002 at about 18:35 local time, a Cessna 207A registered N7373U, operated by Hageland Aviation Services Inc., was involved in an accident near Kotlik, Alaska, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 March 2002 at 18:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Kotlik, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Kotlik (2A9)

Coordinates

63.0311, -163.5300

Aircraft

Cessna 207A

Registration

N7373U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hageland Aviation Services Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mtn. Village → Kotlik

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC02LA019

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain the proper glide path to the runway during the final approach for a VFR landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The commercial certificated pilot was on final approach for landing at a remote airport during a scheduled domestic passenger flight. The airplane was about 300 feet above the ground, with 15 degrees of flaps, and an airspeed of about 80 knots. The pilot said that the airplane's airspeed seemed too fast, so he reduced engine power. The airplane's airspeed then became too slow, so he increased engine power, but the airplane collided with terrain short of the runway threshold. The airplane received damage to the nose gear, propeller, and left wing. The runway is 4,422 feet long, by 100 feet wide.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.