- Date
- September 10, 1978
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4871CCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4297 78/9/10 MISSING AIRCRAFT CESSNA 185 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N4871C PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK ANCHORAGE,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.A/C DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4871C
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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