# Accident 19810828052719A: Arctic S1B1, Whittier, AK, August 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1981, 09:30 local time
- Place: Whittier, AK
- Airport: Whittier
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7772° N, 148.7197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITTIER (IEM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7772&lon=-148.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49128 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ARCTIC S1B1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810828052719A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WHICH SHIFTED CARGO AND JAMMED THROTTLE CLOSED. AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING FORCED LANDING.

## 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 ANC81DAG70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG70), Aug 28, 1981: Interstate S-1B1 (N49128), Whittier, AK, destroyed

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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