Cessna 207A accident near Platinum, Alaska, June 7, 2012
On June 7, 2012, a Cessna 207A, registered N9874M, was substantially damaged in an accident during taxi (from runway) near Platinum, Alaska (Platinum airport). It was flown under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot inadvertently taxied the airplane into a ditch.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 7, 2012 · cases in 2012
- Place
- Platinum, Alaska · Platinum · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 207A · all 207As on the register
- Registration
- N9874M · no longer on the register · serial 20700745
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot was taxiing the airplane through an unmarked ramp area to an adjacent taxiway when he inadvertently taxied into a ditch, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s right wing. The operator stated that the accident could have been prevented had the ramp and taxiway edges been marked with lights or cones.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Ground collision during taxi (from runway) defining event
- Airport occurrence during taxi (from runway)
The NTSB's findings
- cause Personnel issues › Action/decision › Info processing/decision › Identification/recognition › Pilot
- Environmental issues › Operating environment › Airport facilities/design › Taxiway markings/signage › Contributed to outcome
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,871 hours in all; 827 in this make and model; 184 in the last 90 days; 90 in the last 30 days
- Last flight review: May 15, 2012
- Medical certificate: None (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 22,666 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, May 31, 2012; 10 hours since
- Seats: 8
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Cont Motor IO-520-F (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Grant Aviation
The flight
- Departed from: PABE Bethel AK at 6:10 pm
- Destination: PAPM Platinum AK
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 7,000 ft; a few clouds at 1,400 ft
- Temperature: 48°F (9°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Observation at 6:56 pm from PAPM
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
1 document, released by the NTSB on October 5, 2012. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 10 pages | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
Other NTSB records under N9874M the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N9874M: not on the register today · the record of its deregistration
- Cessna 207 Skywagon 207 115 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Cessna 72,682 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Cont Motor IO-520-F 80 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Platinum Airport · nearest airport
- Bethel Airport · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 825 in the last ten years
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- Other NTSB records under N9874M 1 records · the number may have belonged to another aircraft at the time
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/ANC12CA048.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.