- Date
- September 8, 1972
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2870ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168352
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3392 72/9/8 TALKEETNA,ALAS CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 8000 TIME - 0600 N2870A PX- 0 0 2 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 153 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS SHIP CREEK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FOOD DROP MISSION.PSGR INADVERTENTLY MOVED FUEL SELECTOR TO OFF PSN.LNDD IN DRY RVR BED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2870A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Talkeetna
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Other investigations on N2870A · 2
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