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| Date: | Monday 23 January 2012 |
| Time: | 08:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 207A Stationair 7 |
| Owner/operator: | Rediske Air |
| Registration: | N800DF |
| MSN: | 20700621 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8752 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McGahan Industrial Airpark- AK73, Nikiski, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Trading Bay, AK |
| Nikiski, AK (AK73) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a night landing, the pilot misidentified the runway surface and landed the airplane in a snowbank on the left side of the runway. He stated that most of the runway lights had been covered by heavy snow and were not clearly visible when the airplane was on the straight-in approach. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the horizontal stabilizer.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper identification of the runway surface. Contributing to the accident was the snow covering the runway lights.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
20700621
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1999 | N800DF | Clearwater Air, Inc. | 0 | Ninilchik, AK | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2012 09:59 | Geno | Added |
| 24-Jan-2012 12:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jan-2012 00:08 | Anon. | Updated [Location, ] |
| 03-Mar-2012 23:29 | Geno | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 27-Nov-2017 17:53 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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