- Date
- July 24, 1977
- Place
- Mckinley Park, AK · MCKINLEY PARK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9597ACessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770724024389A
- Case key
- 146057
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3135 77/7/24 MCKINLEY PARK,AK CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 2157 TIME - 1403 N9597A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 317 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCKINLEY PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK. MCKINLEY PARK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 90 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9597A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mckinley Park
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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.