- Date
- September 28, 1980
- Place
- Arctic Village, AK · ARCTIC VILLAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4000VCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800928048469A
- Case key
- 128938
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2351 80/9/28 NR.ARCTIC VILLAGE,AK CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N4000V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 4711 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAVEL BAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARCTIC VILLAGE,AK FT YUKON,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ATMTD TKOF FM CURVED GRAVEL BAR,SELECTED WRONG"WASH OUT"ON SNOW COVERED TRRN.FLIPPED OVR IN RVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4000V
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gravel Bar
N4000VRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2012 · Cessna 170Airframe modelCessna 170Engine 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 N4000V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.