- Date
- May 6, 1975
- Place
- Bettles, AK · BETTLES, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93QCessna 180B
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750506017239A
- Case key
- 149303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1707 75/5/6 NR.BETTLES,AK CESSNA 180B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 1282 TIME - 1045 N93Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1022 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK BETTLES,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED REMARKS- LND ON SNOW COVERED FROZEN LAKE.GR BROKE THRU CRUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 180B
- 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.