# Accident 20190306022499A: Cessna 172, Skwentna, AK, March 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2019, 20:30 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.1103° N, 152.1678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1103&lon=-152.1678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7469A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7469A-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190306022499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM SUBMARINE LAKE, NEAR FAREWELL ALASKA 0N 03/06/2019 AT 1655. PILOT WAS FLYING TO WASILLA, ALASKA VIA RAINY PASS WITH 420 POUNDS OF WILD GAME MEAT AS CARGO. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. PILOTS FLIGHT ROUTE WAS THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN IN MARGINAL WEATHER. AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED 07/22/2019. PILOTS LAST MEDICAL WAS 02/2008.

## 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 ANC19FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19FA038), Mar 7, 2019: Cessna 172 (N7469A), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to depart into marginal visual flight rule conditions in mountainous terrain with the potential for icing, and the airplane’s accumulation of structural icing, which resulted in…

## Other reports on N7469A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20190306015589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190306015589A), Mar 6, 2019: Cessna 172 (N7469A), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Pilot was flying VFR from submarine lake, AK. To wasilla ap (iys). Aircraft crashed 15 miles west of rainy pass lodge. Pilots remains were not in the aircraft.

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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