# Accident 19750717025779A: Cessna 170A, Beaver Creek, AK, July 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1975
- Place: Beaver Creek, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Aircraft: N1778D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1778D-1975-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,291 total, 1,290 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC7LFAA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC7LFAA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750717025779A

## Narrative

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

CURVING SAND BAR. UN MAKE CURVE,TRIED TO FLY OFF

## 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 ANC7LFAA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC7LFAA05), Jul 17, 1975: Cessna 170A (N1778D), Beaver Creek, AK, destroyed

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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