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| Date: | Friday 17 September 1999 |
| Time: | 14:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 207 |
| Owner/operator: | Yute Air Alaska Inc. |
| Registration: | N36CF |
| MSN: | 20700269 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 25976 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bethel, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Akiachak, AK (Z13) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial certificated pilot was starting to taxi from the company ramp to begin a positioning flight. As the airplane began to move from the ramp, the leading edge of the right wing struck a parked and unoccupied airplane. The right wing received damage that required the removal of the right wing leading edge from wing station 100 to 190, removal and replacement of a forward wing stringer, and installation of new leading edge wing skin.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a visual lookout for a parked airplane during taxi.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC99LA153
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 December 1993 | N36CF | Yute Air Alaska, Inc. | 0 | Tuntutuliak, AK | |
sub |
| 15 February 2005 | N36CF | Flight Alaska Inc. | 0 | Kipnuk, Alaska | |
sub |
| 14 November 2008 | N36CF | Flight Alaska | 0 | Napaskiak, Alaska | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2024 11:15 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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