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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Tok Junction, AK · June 18, 1979

Date
June 18, 1979 · 02:10 local
Place
Tok Junction, AK
Airport
Tok
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N737QM
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79DAA18
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
66 total66 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Took off from rough soft field at max gross wt,could not climb above trees,crashed into tree.

As the FAA filed it

TOOK OFF FROM ROUGH SOFT FIELD AT MAX GROSS WT,COULD NOT CLIMB ABOVE TREES,CRASHED INTO TREE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.