Accident Cessna 207A N39AK,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293405
 
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Date:Sunday 3 July 2005
Time:14:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C207 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 207A
Owner/operator:Wings Of Alaska
Registration: N39AK
MSN: 20700597
Year of manufacture:1980
Engine model:Continental IO-520
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Excursion Inlet, Alaska -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Juneau, AK (5Z1)
Destination airport:Excursion Inlet SPB, AK (EXI)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The commercial pilot of the on-demand air taxi flight was back-taxiing on a remote airstrip when he saw another airplane on short final for the airstrip. In an effort to quickly clear the landing area, he turned too close to a small building, striking the building with the left wing, sustaining structural damage to the left wing.

Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a building during taxi from landing, which resulted in structural damage to the left wing when it struck the building.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: ANC05CA089
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 3 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB ANC05CA089

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 December 2008 N39AK Alaska Juneau Aeronautics Inc. 0 Hoonah, Alaska sub

Revision history:

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