# Accident 19740518012329A: Cessna 170A, North Pole, AK, May 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1974
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Airport: Bradley Sky Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 64.7592° N, 147.3876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY SKY-RANCH (95Z), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7592&lon=-147.3876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5583C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5583C-1994-11-03) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 355 total, 268 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74FAA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74FAA34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740518012329A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CONTACTED MRKD PWR LINES ON APCH.

## 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 ANC74FAA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74FAA34), May 18, 1974: Cessna 170A (N5583C), North Pole, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5583C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940924030659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940924030659A), Sep 24, 1994: Cessna 170A (N5583C), Nikiski, AK, Destroyed. High on approach slipped to lose altitude twice. Got too low. Impacted upslope short of runway. Failed check flight

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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