19811219078959A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 170 · Anchorage, AK · December 19, 1981

Date
December 19, 1981 · 13:48 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4122V
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC82DAG12
Reported as
Cessna 170
Reported engine
Continental C1452
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
211 total22 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Engine quit due to water in fuel. Crash-landed in trees. Had drained main sumps. No drains on tip tanks.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DUE TO WATER IN FUEL. CRASH-LANDED IN TREES. HAD DRAINED MAIN SUMPS. NO DRAINS ON TIP TANKS.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N4122V · 1

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