- Date
- August 11, 1978
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK · TALKEETNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1716DCessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780811028059A
- Case key
- 139466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3702 78/8/11 NR.TALKEETNA,AK CESSNA 170A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 1581 TIME - 2115 N1716D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1558 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TALKEETNA,AK RETURN ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- PIC ATTEMPTED AIR DROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1716D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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