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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 170B · Circle, AK · March 12, 1985

Date
March 12, 1985 · 22:45 local
Place
Circle, AK
Airport
Circle City
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2859C
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC85LA055
Reported as
Cessna 170B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
640 total30 in this make and model41 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.

Aborted takeoff after loosing visual reference at night. Black hole phenomena existed on takeoff runway.

As the FAA filed it

ABORTED TAKEOFF AFTER LOOSING VISUAL REFERENCE AT NIGHT. BLACK HOLE PHENOMENA EXISTED ON TAKEOFF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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