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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Anchorage, AK · March 5, 1981

Date
March 5, 1981 · 13:50 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Elmendorf
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4969A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81DA023
Reported as
Cessna 180
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,893 total311 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Lost power over cook inlet. Landed on sandbar. Tide & ice moved in, airplane sank. Possible fuel problem.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER OVER COOK INLET. LANDED ON SANDBAR. TIDE & ICE MOVED IN, AIRPLANE SANK. POSSIBLE FUEL PROBLEM.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N4969A · 1

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