# Accident 19731117038009A: Cessna 170A, Anchorage, AK, November 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1973
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9058A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9058A-1974-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 87 total, 2 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731117038009A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TOOK OFF IN NOSE HI ATTITUDE. ABT 72 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WT,CG .40 IN BEYOND AFT LIMIT,FROST ON WGS

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC74AA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA045), Nov 17, 1973: Cessna 170 (N9058A), Anchorage, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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