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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172E · Petersburg, AK · September 5, 1988

Date
September 5, 1988 · 16:50 local
Place
Petersburg, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3841S
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88FA169
Reported as
Cessna 172E
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total25 in this make and model

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.

Flew into tree level fog after takeoff. Crashed into 20 feet of water. Appears pilot was trying to get under fog.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO TREE LEVEL FOG AFTER TAKEOFF. CRASHED INTO 20 FEET OF WATER. APPEARS PILOT WAS TRYING TO GET UNDER FOG.

NTSB investigation

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