# Accident 19800628023009A: Cessna 170B, Anchorage, AK, June 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Sleeper
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4538C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4538C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 460 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG66) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800628023009A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE.

## 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 ANC80DAG66](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG66), Jun 28, 1980: Cessna 170B (N4538C), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4538C (2)

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

- [Accident 19900506014049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900506014049A), May 6, 1990: Cessna 170B (N4538C), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing. Aircraft veered off runway and nosed over.
- [Accident 19730519015149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730519015149A), May 19, 1973: Cessna 170B (N4538C), Glennallen, AK, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 20K.l wheel dragging.25FT of strip remaining liftd off,stall warnng. Rtnd to strip.

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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