# Accident 19740718025669A: Cessna 414, Cordova, AK, July 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1974
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Airport: Cordova Mile 13
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 60.5428° N, 145.7575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cordova, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5428&lon=-145.7575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1171L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1171L-1974-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,792 total, 90 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75AA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740718025669A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO EXECUTE PUBLISHED INST APCH.DESCENDED INTO MTN.

## 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 ANC75AA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75AA005), Jul 18, 1974: Cessna 414 (N1171L), Cordova, AK, destroyed, 4 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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