Incident occurred November 16, 2012 in Toksook, Alaska

August 2026 Update: The aircraft involved in this incident is not the same aircraft that currently carries the registration N207DF. The aircraft involved in the 2012 accident was serial number 20700728, whereas the current N207DF is serial number 20700430. The N207DF registration was subsequently reassigned to this different aircraft.

 

Damaged plane near Toksook Bay 

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The tundra wind destroyed a damaged plane Friday night near Toksook Bay, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Clint Johnson, chief of the NTSB's regional office in Anchorage, said that a Grant Aviation charter from Bethel to Toksook Bay went off the end of the right-hand side of the runway at Toksook Bay around 8 p.m. November 16, 2012, and damaged the nose gear. 

The Cessna 207 with four people on board -- the pilot and three passengers. No one was injured.

Johnson said later that night, the wind came up and blew the plane onto the tundra, destroying it. 

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 http://registry.faa.gov/N207DF
 

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 207DF        Make/Model: C207      Description: 207 (Turbo)Skywagon 207, (Turbo)Stationa
  Date: 11/17/2012     Time: 0500

  Event Type: Incident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
  City: TOOKSOOK    State: AK   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT ON LANDING WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, TOOKSOOK, AK

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    
                 # Pass:   3     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:    


OTHER DATA
  Activity: Unknown      Phase: Landing      Operation: OTHER


  FAA FSDO: ANCHORAGE, AK  (AL03)                 Entry date: 11/19/2012