- Date
- February 19, 1968
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK · MCGRATH, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3478DCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112361
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0233 68/2/19 MCGRATH,ALAS CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1500 TIME - 1100 N3478D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- TAKE OFF MADE FROM NARROW LAKE. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3478D
- 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 N3478D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.