Accident · 1998-10-08
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-10-08
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207A (N6874M)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hageland Aviation Services, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- HAGELAND AVIATION SERVICES INC
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection to remove all contaminated fuel from the fuel system. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inadequate planning/decision to continue a second takeoff following an engine surge and aborted takeoff, and unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.
Source: NTSB case ANC99LA002Flight 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.