- Date
- March 10, 1973
- Place
- Wrangell, AK · WRANGELL, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2961DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730310009559A
- Case key
- 170613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0866 73/3/10 WRANGELL,ALAS CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 231 TIME - 1750 N2961D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 129 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WRANGELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WRANGELL,ALAS JUNEAU,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- PAX,A PRIVATE PLT,FOLLOWED THRU ON CTLS AND HANDLED THROTTLE FROM L SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2961D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wrangell
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2961D · 1
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