- Date
- March 28, 1971
- Place
- Glenallen, AK · GLENALLEN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2324UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0325 71/3/28 NR.GLENALLEN,ALAS CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1000 TIME - 1700 N2324U PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUREKA LODGE,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- FLEW INTO GLACIER. PLT AND 1 PAX RESCUED THE NEXT DAY. OTHER PAX DIED FROM EXPOSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2324U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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