- Date
- June 27, 1970
- Place
- Northway, AK · NORTHWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7735UCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1384 70/6/27 NR.NORTHWAY,ALAS CESSNA 172E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2534 TIME - 0748 N7735U PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 118 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTHWAY,ALAS WHITEHORSE,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 7/18/70. STRUCK CANYON SLOPE THAT WAS PROBABLY OBSCURED BY RAIN SHOWERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7735U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7735URegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Cessna 172EAirframe modelCessna 172EEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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