- Date
- May 17, 1980
- Place
- Polly Creek, AK · POLLY CREEK, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2479DCessna 170B
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800517021449A
- Case key
- 130475
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1678 80/5/17 POLLY CREEK,AK CESSNA 170B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 314 TIME - 0845 N2479D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.RICHARDSON,AK POLLY CREEK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SANDY TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- SLOPING,SALT WATER BEACH.L X-WIND GUSTING TO 20 KTS,BEACH SLOPING TO RIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2479D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.