Accident · 2002-09-15
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-09-15
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207 (N207DG)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- 40 Mile Air, Ltd. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- 40 MILE AIR LTD. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As:
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate wind evaluation during takeoff resulting in a downwind takeoff and subsequent overrun during an aborted takeoff. Factors in the accident were a tailwind and the pilot's failure to verify the selected flap setting.
Source: NTSB case ANC02LA128Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.