# NTSB ANC70A0029: Cessna 177, N29466, Kodiak, AK, September 27, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 27, 1969
- Place: Kodiak, AK · KODIAK, AK
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158558
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC70A0029
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC70A0029

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2661  69/9/27  NR.KODIAK,ALAS        CESSNA 177          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1343                    N29466              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 33, 511 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            5 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         KODIAK,ALAS                 KODIAK,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. REPORTED FLT PURPOSE WAS SCOUTING GAME. CO LEVEL 11 PCT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29466](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29466-1970-12-31), registration cancelled 1970-12-31, S/N 17700907, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Registry model: [Cessna 177](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (registry code 2073704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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