- Date
- March 29, 1968
- Place
- Wrangell, AK · WRANGELL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2658UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111690
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0637 68/3/29 WRANGELL,ALAS CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 379 TIME - 0700 N2658U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - GLASSY WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT-EQUIPPED. PLT FLYING LOW UNDER SOME PATCHY FOG,RIGHT FLOAT STRUCK WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2658U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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