# NTSB ANC69A0040: Cessna 180, N4576B, Anchorage, AK, February 5, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 5, 1969
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114459
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC69A0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC69A0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1720   69/2/5  NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS     CESSNA 180          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 935
        TIME - 2155                    N4576B              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - SNOW
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               800
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          BLOWING SNOW                                             VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- FLT OVER UNLIGHTED AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4576B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4576B-1970-06-17), registration cancelled 1970-06-17, S/N 31475 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N4576B (3)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC67A0046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC67A0046), Nov 27, 1966: Cessna 180 (N4576B), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK66X0126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK66X0126), Feb 25, 1966: Cessna 180 (N4576B), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X3036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3036), Jul 25, 1964: Cessna 180 (N4576B), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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