- Date
- May 1, 1974
- Place
- Farewell, AK · FAREWELL, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2981DCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740501010279A
- Case key
- 186263
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0942 74/5/1 NR.FAREWELL,ALAS CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N2981D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 1228 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 724 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCGRATH,ALAS FAREWELL,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- LANDED ON FROZEN RIVER. GR BROKE THRU ICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2981D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N2981D · 2
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