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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Lace River, AK · September 20, 1979

Date
September 20, 1979 · 19:15 local
Place
Lace River, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N738XG
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79DAD04
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,523 total15 in this make and model362 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Landed on sand bar. Wing hit trees bordering runway. Aircraft veered into an embankment.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON SAND BAR. WING HIT TREES BORDERING RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO AN EMBANKMENT.

NTSB investigation

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