NAKNEK, AK, USA
N9481F
Cessna 208
The airplane was on short final to land when it encountered heavy rain, which reduced forward visibility. The pilot continued the landing, and during the landing roll, the airplane drifted right, and the right wing contacted brush and trees. The airplane departed the right side of the 1,700-foot-long x 50-foot-wide runway.
On July 21, 1997, at 1830 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 208 airplane, N9481F, sustained substantial damage when it departed the runway at the Naknek-Tibbetts Airport, Naknek, Alaska, and impacted trees. The airline transport certificated pilot and two passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated by Peninsula Airways, Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, as scheduled commuter flight number 354 from King Salmon, Alaska to Naknek. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 135, a company VFR flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane departed the Naknek Airport at 1825, and was en route to the Tibbetts Airport, which is separated from the Naknek Airport by a drainage ditch. The flight immediately entered the pattern to land at the Tibbetts Airport. The pilot reported heavy rain began while maneuvering to land, and that he lost forward visibility while on short final. After landing, the airplane drifted off the right side of the 1,700 foot long by 50 foot wide runway, and contacted trees.
The pilots decision to continue the landing into adverse weather conditions and failure to maintain runway alignmet. A factor was the rain shower which resulted in reduced forward visibility.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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