# Accident 19810313009659A: Cessna 170, Anchorage, AK, March 13, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3864V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3864V-2012-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810313009659A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON RUNWAY DURING SOLO TOUCH AND GO. STRUCK SNOWBANK.

## 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 ANC81DAG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG32), Mar 13, 1981: Cessna 170A (N3864V), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3864V (2)

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

- [Incident 19910720028789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910720028789I), Jul 20, 1991: Cessna 170A (N3864V), Tunkhannock, PA, Minor damage. Engine quit on attempted go around. Landed in plowed field. Possible fuel exhaustion in left tank.
- [Accident 19860708037389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860708037389A), Jul 8, 1986: Cessna 170A (N3864V), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Landed in a field after engine quit en route. Suspect carburetor icing.

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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