# NTSB Accident ANC08CA123
> **CESSNA 207** · 2008-09-12 · Dillingham, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC08CA123
- **Event ID:** 20081003X62326
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-09-12
- **Location:** Dillingham, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 59.044723, -158.505554
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 7
- **Total aboard:** 7
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 207
- **Registration:** N6426H
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate evaluation of weather and runway conditions, and his improper decision to depart downwind, on a wet gravel runway, resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain after takeoff. Factors contributing to the accident were a tailwind, and an uphill grade of the wet, gravel-covered runway.

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