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King Salmon Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
King Salmon, Alaska 99549
Sunday, July 21, 2013 11:50 AKD
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 21, 2013, about 1150 Alaska daylight time, N499K, a turbine-powered, float-equipped Cessna T207A collided with a fishing boat and nosed over during takeoff in the Naknek River near the King Salmon Airport (PAKN), King Salmon, Alaska. The commercial pilot and six passengers on board the airplane and the three people in the boat received minor to no injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was registered to Katmai Air Leasing, LLC, and operated by Katmai Air under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135. Meteorological conditions that met the criteria for special visual flight rules (SVFR) prevailed. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was destined for Brooks Camp in the Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.
The pilot stated that he was taking off up-river and that he never saw the boat. The operator of the 18.5-foot aluminum fishing boat said that, when he first heard the airplane and then turned and saw it, it was about 75 yards away and coming straight toward the boat on a path that looked like it would collide with the middle of the boat. The boat operator said that the boat's motor was idling in neutral and that he put it in reverse to try to move the boat out of the path of the airplane. The boat operator said that, as he backed the boat away, the airplane struck the front of it. The boat operator and his two fishing clients were thrown into the water.
The boat operator said that, once he got his head above the water, he looked for his clients and saw that they were swimming toward the shore and that a boat was nearby. He saw that the airplane was upside down in the water, and he swam toward it to try to help. He said that the pilot already had most of the passengers out of the airplane and that other boats in the area quickly arrived to help get everybody out of the water.
Pre-recovery photographs of the airplane provided by the Alaska State Troopers and the Federal Aviation Administration showed that the nose of the airplane's left float was crushed aft and upward and an outboard section of the right wing was crushed and partially separated. The front right side of the boat was crushed inward, upward, and aft.
Weather conditions reported at PAKN, about 1 mile from the accident site, at 1154 included wind from 050 degrees at 6 knots, visibility 10 miles, and ceilings broken at 700 and 1,300 feet.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/21/2013 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1150 |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | King Salmon |
| Event State | ALASKA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 99549 |
| Event Date Year | 2013 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | 584035N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1563855W |
| Event Location Airport | King Salmon Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | PAKN |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 73 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1154 Atlantic Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 360 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PAKN |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 73 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | ADT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 700 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 16 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 13 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 50 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.18 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 1 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 3 |
| Injury Total None | 5 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA ROC - Anchorage |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 25 2013 11:31PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N499K |
| NTSB Number | ANC13LA066 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Company VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | T207A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 20700632 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 8 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | KATMAI AIR LEASING LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 4720 SPORTSMAN DR |
| Aircraft Owner City | ANCHORAGE |
| Aircraft Owner State | AK |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 99502-4176 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Katmai Air |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 4125 Aircraft Drive |
| Operator City | Anchorage |
| Operator State | AK |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 99502 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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 | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | PAKN |
| Departure City | King Salmon |
| Departure State | AK |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | ADT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | -- |
| Destination City | Brooks Camp |
| Destination State | AK |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jul 25 2013 11:27PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |