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| Date: | Wednesday 6 September 2000 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 207 |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Central Express, Inc. |
| Registration: | N9874M |
| MSN: | 20700745 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13225 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kongiganak, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bethel, AK (BET) |
| (KDUY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, and a witness, estimated the winds to be from 270 degrees, gusting to 25 knots. After touchdown, the airplane hit a rut, bounced, and became airborne. The right wing came up, and the airplane departed the left side of the 1,880 feet long by 35 feet wide gravel runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot, the witness, and company personnel, described the runway condition as extremely potholed and unsuitable. The Alaska Supplement states, in part: 'CAUTION: Rwy condition not monitored, recommend visual inspection prior to using. Rwy rough full length.' The company was concerned about the runway, but had not inspected it prior to the accident. The company terminated operations to the airport after the accident. This was the pilot's first revenue flight in Alaska, and for the company, and his first flight to this airport.
Probable Cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitable, rough, runway. Factors were the crosswind, the pilot's inexperience, the company's inadequate surveillance of their operation, and dispatch of an inexperienced pilot to the unsuitable airport.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC00LA115
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 2012 | N9874M | Grant Aviation | 0 | Platinum, Alaska | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2024 07:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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