- Date
- July 9, 1982, 08:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- 50 Mi Sw Fairba, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9717FCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820709026649A
- Case key
- 69656
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not attainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
The plt made a short field takeoff from the 1300 ft gravel strip. He rotated near the end of the strip, but did not recall the airspeed. As the acft reached about 15 ft AGL it started to sink & the right main gear caught in brush tearing off the gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9717F
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20560
- Airframe hours
- 2,592
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jas, B. Mcmillan
- Registered owner
- Jas, B. Mcmillan
- Departed
- 50 Mi Sw Fairba, AK
- Destination
- 50 Mi Sw Fairba, AK
- Airport
- Gravel Strip, runway 36, 1,300 × 50 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 572 total · 207 in this make and model · 76 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.