# Accident 19760307005279A: Cessna 170B, Fairbanks, AK, March 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1976
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8047A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8047A-2013-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A&6V335 series (registry code 27020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-6v335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 22 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76FAA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76FAA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760307005279A

## Narrative

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

NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## 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 ANC76FAA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76FAA26), Mar 7, 1976: Cessna 170B (N8047A), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8047A (1)

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

- [Accident 19750911034449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750911034449A), Sep 11, 1975: Cessna 170B (N8047A), Fairbanks, AK, 1 fatal. Pax deplaned,walked fwd on float into rotating prop.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.