19941226042159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Tok, AK · December 26, 1994

Date
December 26, 1994 · 13:30 local
Place
Tok, AK
Airport
Tok Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N89870
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC95LA022
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C8512
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total

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What happened

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

Returned to airport due to weather. Observed in and out of clouds. Found inverted in snowbank. Iced up. Overgross.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED TO AIRPORT DUE TO WEATHER. OBSERVED IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS. FOUND INVERTED IN SNOWBANK. ICED UP. OVERGROSS.

NTSB investigation

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