- Date
- September 18, 1977
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9433CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770918032499A
- Case key
- 145689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3606 77/9/18 NR.TALKEETNA,AK CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 2626 TIME - 1400 N9433C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 244 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TALKEETNA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUSITNA RIVER,AK FIRE LAKE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED A/C STRUCK ROCK IN RVR.THEN NOSED OVER ON SAND BAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9433C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Talkeetna
N9433CRegistration cancelled Oct 18, 2025 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9433C · 1
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