# Accident 19980325004289A: Cessna 172A, Paxson, AK, March 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Paxson, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.7001° N, 144.8898° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.7001&lon=-144.8898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7339T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7339T-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980325004289A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW INTO A RAVINE. UNABLE OUT CLIMB TERRAIN. REVERSED COURSE SLOW AIRSPEED. STALLED. NOSED OVER GROUND IMPACT. (-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE LEFT FAIRBANKS, ALASKA WITH TWO PASSENGERS AND WAS LOOKING FOR BEAR DENS OVER THE DENALI HIWAY. HE TURNED UP A RAVINE APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES SOUTH OF TANGLE LAKES LODGE AND NOTICING A RISE IN TERRAIN MADE A LEFT TURN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STALL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC98LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA031), Mar 25, 1998: Cessna 172A (N7339T), Paxson, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain terrain clearance while flying into a box canyon, and an inadvertent stall during his attempt to reverse direction.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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