- Date
- November 5, 1975
- Place
- Port Lyons, AK · PORT LYONS, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3234TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751105038039A
- Case key
- 151489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3795 75/11/5 PORT LYONS,AK CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 467 TIME - 1350 N3234T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 76 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT LYONS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,AK PORT LYONS,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- UNATTENDED ARPT. SLID INTO BUSHES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3234T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Lyons
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3234T · 1
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