- Date
- July 25, 1978
- Place
- Shishmaref Ilt, AK · SHISHMAREF ILT, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3481DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780725025289A
- Case key
- 140287
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2767 78/7/25 NR.SHISHMAREF ILT,AK CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1141 TIME - 1600 N3481D PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHISHMAREF INLET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHISHMAREF INLET,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - OTHER 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 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH SANDBAR. WIND GUSTING TO 10KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3481D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shishmaref Inlet
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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.