# Accident 19750928037939A: Cessna 170B, Bethel, AK, September 28, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1975
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4606C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4606C-2018-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 600 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750928037939A

## Narrative

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

PARKED ACFT,PA-28 N8425R,SUBSTL DMG. GUSTING TO 15K.

## 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 ANC76AA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA045), Sep 28, 1975: Cessna 170 (N4606C), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4606C (2)

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

- [Accident 20050514011419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050514011419A), May 14, 2005: Cessna 170B (N4606C), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot lost control while landing and ground looped.
- [Accident 19911010045599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911010045599A), Oct 10, 1991: Cessna 170B (N4606C), Birchwood, AK, Substantial damage. Became airborne unexpected veered due torque. Aborted hit runway crabbed due full right rudder. Nosed over.

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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