- Date
- July 28, 1979
- Place
- Kotzebue, AK · KOTZEBUE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3279ACessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790728022319A
- Case key
- 134716
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2156 79/7/28 NR.KOTZEBUE,AK CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 73 TOTAL TIME - 0815 N3279A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEACH AREA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOTZEBUE,AK ARTIC CIRCLE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- LDG AREA WAS AN ABANDONED BEACH STRIP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3279A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beach Area
N3279ARegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Cessna 170BAirframe modelCessna 170BEngine modelContinental C145 series
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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.
Other investigations on N3279A · 1
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