# Accident 19980927026849A: Cessna 170, Igiugig, AK, September 27, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Igiugig, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.7506° N, 156.5403° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7506&lon=-156.5403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3482C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3482C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC98LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980927026849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23) SCOTT D. QUIST MADE A TAKE OFF IN A CESSNA 170-B FROM A SAND BLOWN LAKE AT 17:45 ON 9/27/98. HE HAD HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, A SMALL CARIBOU AND A SMALL TENT AND SLEEPING BAGS. HE ALSO HAD 1/2 TANKS OF GAS. WINDS WERE 10-15 KTS VARIABLE. LAKE WAS OVER 1000' LONG, AND GOOD WEATHER. AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF IN A SLIGHT 3 POINT ALTITUDE WITH 0-45 DEG. CROSS WIND. WIND SHIFTED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE INTO THE TUNDRA FIGHT WING LOW AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR TOUCHING THE TUNDRA. RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED, SETTLING INTO THE TUNDRA CRACKING RIGHT WING TIP, DAMAGING THE PROP AND SOME COWLING DAMAGE. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1998, ABOUT 1700 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 170B AIRPLANE, N3482C, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF FROM AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING SITE ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF IGIUGIG, ALASKA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO HUNT CARIBOU. THE FLIGHT WAS DEPARTING THE LANDING SITE, RETURNING TO KING SALMON, ALASKA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE  TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT TOLD THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW ON SEPTEMBER 28, AND WROTE IN HIS NTSB PILOT / OPERATOR REPORT, THAT THE WINDS WERE A VARIABLE LEFT CROSSWIND, AND HE TRIED TO TIME HIS TAKEOFF TO USE A HEADWIND. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THE LENGTH OF THE TAKEOFF AREA TO BE ABOUT 1,000 FEET. HE SAID THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE GROUND ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE TAKEOFF AREA AND WAS TOO SLOW TO CLIMB. HE INDICATED THE LEFT WING CAME UP, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE TUNDRA, AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED TO THE GROUND. THE PILOT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE, AND HAD ACCUMULATED ABOUT 15 HOURS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MAKE AND MODEL.

## 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 ANC98LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA163), Sep 28, 1998: Cessna 170B (N3482C), Igiugig, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. Contributing factors were the crosswind condition, the pilot's lack of total experience in make/model of the aircraft, and the…

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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