# NTSB ANC76DAA62: Cessna 170, N4255V, Tok, AK, September 13, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 13, 1976
- Place: Tok, AK · TOK, AK
- Location: 63.3367° N, 142.9856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tok, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3367&lon=-142.9856&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 20, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 155568
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC76DAA62
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAA62

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3654  76/9/13  NR.TOK,AK             CESSNA 170          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 418
        TIME - 1700                    N4255V              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 343 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- TKOF FRM GRAVEL BAR.HIT ROCKS & BRUSH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4255V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4255V-2012-11-21), registration cancelled 2012-11-21, S/N 18611, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Registry model: [Cessna 170](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (registry code 2072302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19760913037069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760913037069A), Sep 13, 1976: Cessna 170, Tok, AK, Substantial damage. Tkof frm gravel bar. Hit rocks & brush.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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