- Date
- June 18, 1979
- Place
- Tok, AK · TOK, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2163VCessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790618015489A
- Case key
- 135422
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2357 79/6/18 NR.TOK,AK CESSNA 140 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 600 TIME - 1040 N2163V PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULKANA,AK TOK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- COLLIDED W TELEPHONE WIRES DRG LNDG ON HWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2163V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.