# Accident 19790726021889A: Cessna 170A, Palmer, AK, July 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1979, 16:10 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Palmer Mc Kechnie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9535A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9535A-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435 (registry code 41516, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 369 total, 127 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790726021889A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF FROM SHORT STRIP, STALLED INTO TREES CAUSING CRASH.

## 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 ANC79DAG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG72), Jul 26, 1979: Cessna 170A (N9535A), Palmer, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9535A (1)

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

- [Accident 19750901028049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750901028049A), Sep 1, 1975: Cessna 170A (N9535A), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Plt propped eng,low battery. Acft not tied dwn or chocked. Hit 2 vehicles & fss bldg.

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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