Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, Nov 7, 2011, Kwigil...
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on November 7, 2011 near Kwigillingok, Alaska, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot failed to...
- Date: November 7, 2011
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: Kwigillingok, Alaska, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot failed to abort the takeoff when the airplane clearly could not climb adequately, and departed from an airport where night operations were prohibited. Examination found no mechanical anomalies.
A Cessna 207 Stationair operating a night scheduled commuter flight from Kwigillingok took off from an unlit, snow-covered and unattended airstrip. It bounced, failed to climb, drifted left past the runway threshold and nosed over in tundra. All five passengers and the pilot survived with no fatalities reported.