# Accident 19790728022319A: Cessna 170B, Kotzebue, AK, July 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1979, 20:15 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Rilleys Wreck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3279A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3279A-2012-09-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 71 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728022319A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED OFF AIRPORT LANDING. STARTED A GO AROUND AFTER A BAD LANDING. HIT FENCE. CARB HEAT ON.

## 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 ANC79DAA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA27), Jul 28, 1979: Cessna 170B (N3279A), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3279A (1)

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

- [Accident 19840608023319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840608023319A), Jun 8, 1984: Cessna 170B (N3279A), Belen, NM, Substantial damage. Conflicting stories as to who was flying airplane. Neither current. Swerved off side, flipped over onto its back

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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