Cessna 207 N9964M

Summary

On 2 September 2005 at about 20:24 local time, a Cessna 207 registered N9964M was involved in an accident near Kotzebue, Alaska, United States. 2 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

2 September 2005 at 20:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Kotzebue, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Kotzebue (PAOT)

Coordinates

66.8847, -162.3986

Aircraft

Cessna 207

Registration

N9964M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Noorvik → Kotzebue

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC05LA136

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the nose gear steering mechanism during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and subsequent encounter with the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport certificated pilot was landing a wheel-equipped airplane on a hard surface runway at the conclusion of a commuter air taxi flight. As the pilot lowered the nose wheel to the runway surface, the airplane veered to the left, and the right wingtip and propeller contacted the runway. The operator's director of maintenance reported that the airplane's right wing received structural damage to wing ribs and leading edge. He also indicated that the nose gear steering link, located between the nose gear steering shaft and the nose gear steering collar, was fractured, and the attaching tab on the steering collar was also broken. He said that the mechanism for the fracture of the steering collar tab and the steering link was not determined. The steering link was not found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.