- Date
- November 24, 1969
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4700BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3567 69/11/24 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 185 TIME - 1500 N4700B PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 11/25/69. BECAME LOST AVOIDING SNOW SHOWERS. CRASHED ON FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4700B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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