- Date
- April 22, 1966
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8690UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0225 66/4/22 ANCHORAGE ALAS CESSNA 172F CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1732 N8690U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 40, 298 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELMENDORF AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT-FAILED TO ALLOW ADEQUATE T.O.INTERVAL REMARKS- VORTEX TUBBULANCE FROM DEPARTING L1049 AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8690U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elmendorf Afb
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