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FAA accident report · Cessna 175 · Anchorage, AK · June 13, 2018

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Date
June 13, 2018 · 11:45 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9423B
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC18FA045
Reported as
Cessna 175
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,210 total1,284 in this make and model193 in the last 90 days
N9423BRegistered now · Cessna 175S/N 55223Airframe modelCessna 175Engine modelLycoming 0-360-A1DReciprocating

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.

Pilot of N9423B a Cessna 175 was in level cruise flight at an altitude of 1000 ft. above sea level, approx. 20 miles north west of Anchorage, heading east. He began talking on the radio with the pilot of a Piper super cub ( in order to maintain visual seperation), which was passing in the opposite direction. He stated that as he watched the Piper super cub pass below his airplane, he noticed the shadow of an airplane converging with the shadow of his airplane. Alarmed, he looked up and saw the converging aircraft in front of him. The pilot stated he immediately pulled back on the yoke. The pilot stated that the aircraft climbed and both aircraft collided. After the collision the other Cessna 207 decended uncontrolled into the big susitna river. He stated that, after the collision he assessed the condition of his aircraft and circled over the wreckage of the downed Cessna several times, looking for survivors, marking his location, and using his radio to enlist assistance from any pilots in the area. Realizing that no one had escaped the partially sunken wreckage of the Cessna 207, the pilot elected to return to palh where he made a successfull emergencey landing without injury.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OF N9423B A CESSNA 175 WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1000 FT. ABOVE SEA LEVEL, APPROX. 20 MILES NORTH WEST OF ANCHORAGE, HEADING EAST. HE BEGAN TALKING ON THE RADIO WITH THE PILOT OF A PIPER SUPER CUB ( IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPERATION), WHICH WAS PASSING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. HE STATED THAT AS HE WATCHED THE PIPER SUPER CUB PASS BELOW HIS AIRPLANE, HE NOTICED THE SHADOW OF AN AIRPLANE CONVERGING WITH THE SHADOW OF HIS AIRPLANE. ALARMED, HE LOOKED UP AND SAW THE CONVERGING AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM. THE PILOT STATED HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AND BOTH AIRCRAFT COLLIDED. AFTER THE COLLISION THE OTHER CESSNA 207 DECENDED UNCONTROLLED INTO THE BIG SUSITNA RIVER. HE STATED THAT, AFTER THE COLLISION HE ASSESSED THE CONDITION OF HIS AIRCRAFT AND CIRCLED OVER THE WRECKAGE OF THE DOWNED CESSNA SEVERAL TIMES, LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS, MARKING HIS LOCATION, AND USING HIS RADIO TO ENLIST ASSISTANCE FROM ANY PILOTS IN THE AREA. REALIZING THAT NO ONE HAD ESCAPED THE PARTIALLY SUNKEN WRECKAGE OF THE CESSNA 207, THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO PALH WHERE HE MADE A SUCCESSFULL EMERGENCEY LANDING WITHOUT INJURY.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ANC18FA045Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane while in level cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision.Jun 13, 2018 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N91038Cessna 207Accident 20180613011822A · Destroyed · 1 fatal