# Accident 19811022071669A: Cessna 170B, AK, October 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1981
- Place: AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4640C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4640C-1982-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811022071669A

## Narrative

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

BECAME MISSING AFTER DEPARTING ON A VFR ON TOP FLIGHT PLAN. LOW CLOUDS ICING. TOPS 15000 EN ROUTE. MOUNTAIN TERRAIN

## 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 ANC82DA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA005), Oct 22, 1981: Cessna 170B (N4640C), Missing Aircraft, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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