- Date
- August 1, 1965
- Place
- Bell Island, AK · BELL ISLAND, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4346BCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176520
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2231 65/8/1 BELL ISLAND ALAS CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 99 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N4346B PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KETCHIKAN SEAPLAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4346B
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ketchikan Seaplan
N4346BRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2014 · Cessna 170BAirframe modelCessna 170BEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N4346B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.