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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Atigan Pass, AK · March 11, 1991

Date
March 11, 1991 · 13:15 local
Place
Atigan Pass, AK
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N77316
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC91LA034
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C8512
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,080 total70 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days

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 heavy snow shower in a Pass. Unable to climb out of Pass. Crash landed on snow covered mountainside.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO HEAVY SNOW SHOWER IN A PASS. UNABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF PASS. CRASH LANDED ON SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINSIDE.

NTSB investigation

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