- Date
- August 23, 1968
- Place
- Shungnak, AK · SHUNGNAK, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3710FCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108456
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3199 68/8/23 SHUNGNAK,ALAS CESSNA 172H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 500 TIME - 1700 N3710F PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHUNGNAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM SAND BAR. ACFT RAN INTO SOFT SAND,PLT HORSED ACFT INTO AIR. SETTLED IN RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3710F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shungnak
N3710FRegistration cancelled Dec 7, 2024 · Cessna 172HAirframe modelCessna 172HEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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