- Date
- March 30, 1969
- Place
- North Pole, AK · NORTH POLE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3873SCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0848 69/3/30 NORTH POLE,ALAS CESSNA 172E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 1763 TIME - UNK/NR N3873S PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1530 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT FOUND WITH FLAPS EXTENDED 10 DEG,AND THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OPERATING IN A LOW POWER SETTING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3873S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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