- Date
- November 23, 1973
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4669SCessna 180C
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731123041149A
- Case key
- 187564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3698 73/11/23 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS CESSNA 180C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 3000 TIME - UNK/NR N4669S PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELUGA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- NIGHT TKOF,OVC SKIES.CRASHED IN TIDAL FLATS.RCVRD 11/25.PAX MISSING,PRESUMED FATAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4669S
- Reported as
- Cessna 180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beluga
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.