- Date
- March 10, 1971
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3458CCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160528
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1020 71/3/10 BETTLES,ALAS CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 2450 TIME - 1000 N3458C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2350 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANDALAR LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BETTLES,ALAS WISEMAN,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- LDG GR DMG NOT DISCOVERED DURG PREFLT.AXLE BROKE DURG TKOF FROM ROUGH FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3458C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chandalar Lake
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3458C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.