- Date
- November 28, 1965
- Place
- Sterling, AK · STERLING, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2556CCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174274
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3719 65/11/28 STERLING ALAS CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N2556C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 29, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, 150 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKI ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT.OFF AIRPORT OPERATION ON FROZEN LAKE.RIGHT SKI ATTACH BOLTS FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2556C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N2556C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.