19810523027489A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 170A · Private, AK · May 23, 1981

Date
May 23, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place
Private, AK
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4768C
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81FAA15
Reported as
Cessna 170A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Witness said the pilot let the aircraft get out of control on takeoff. The airplane struck trees and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESS SAID THE PILOT LET THE AIRCRAFT GET OUT OF CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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