- Date
- September 18, 1973
- Place
- Birchwood, AK · BIRCHWOOD, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5352QCessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730918041399A
- Case key
- 187903
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3701 73/9/18 NR.BIRCHWOOD,ALAS CESSNA 150L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 94 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N5352Q PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRCHWOOD,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- CRASHED ON MTN STEEP NOSEDOWN ATT.RCVRD 9/20/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5352Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5352Q · 1
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