# NTSB ANC72AA016: Cessna U206B, N4968F, Anchorage, AK, September 19, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 19, 1971
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 23, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163506
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC72AA016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC72AA016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2304  71/9/19    ANCHORAGE,ALAS      CESSNA U206B        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1415                    N4968F              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            37, 5033 TOTAL HOURS, 300
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ANCHORAGE INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          ANCHORAGE,ALAS              BELUGA,ALAS                  SOLDOTNA,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- VERT FIN AND RUDDER SEPARATED IN FLT DUE CRACKS AT ATTACH POINTS. CRASHED IN COOK INLET.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4968F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4968F-1972-06-02), registration cancelled 1972-06-02, S/N U206-0668 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206B
- Registry model: [Cessna U206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (registry code 2073322) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Anchorage Intl

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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