# Accident 20000703042629A: Cessna 172S, Whittier, AK, July 3, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2000, 04:30 local time
- Place: Whittier, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.8000° N, 148.2500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8000&lon=-148.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N862SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N862SP-2004-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000703042629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ON VFR FLIGHT PLAN, BUZZED BOATS NEAR WHITTIER, AK AND WAS FLYING UNSAFELY BEFORE CRASHING INTO WATER AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE HAD QUIT JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT IS IN 1400 FEET OF WATER. THIS WAS A FATAL ACCIDENT WITH ONLY THE PILOT ABOARD.

## 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 ANC00FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00FA082), Jul 4, 2000: Cessna 172S (N862SP), Whittier, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Suicide.

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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