Mountain Village Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Mountain Villag, Alaska 99632
Wednesday, September 17, 1986 12:20 AKD

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WHO IS ALSO A CERTIFICATED AIRFRAME AND POWERPLANT MECHANIC ELECTED TO DEFER BRAKE REPAIRS UNTIL THE END OF THE FLYING DAY. THE FATIGUED RIGHT BRAKE LINE FAILED BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY'S FLYING ACTIVITY. DURING LNDG THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE ACFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RWY RESULTING IN SUBST DAMAGE

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/17/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1220
Event Time Zone --
Event City MOUNTAIN VILLAG
Event State ALASKA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 99632
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MOUNTAIN VILLAGE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID MOU
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 165
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1244 Atlantic Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 75
Weather Observation Facility ID KSM
Elevation of weather observation facility 311
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 10
Time Zone of the weather observation ADT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 1000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 700
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 9
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 8
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 110
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2115
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Sep 17 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 140
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32672
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:03PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9736M
NTSB Number ANC86LA158
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 207A
Aircraft Series Identifier 207A
Aircraft Serial Number 20700722
Certified Max Gross Weight 3800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 7
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Sep 5 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 37
Airframe Hours 4937
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name RYAN AIR SERVICE, INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 127
Aircraft Owner City UNALAKLEET
Aircraft Owner State AK
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 99684
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1205 E. INTN'L ARPT RD STE 201
Operator City ANCHORAGE
Operator State AK
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 99510
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Mail
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code KSM
Departure City ST. MARYS
Departure State AK
Departure Country
Departure Time 1210
Departure Time Zone ADT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 34
Runway Length 2200
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --