# NTSB ANC82DAG15: Cessna 170B, N3574D, Tuluksak, AK, January 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 17, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Tuluksak, AK
- Location: 61.1044° N, 160.9384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuluksak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1044&lon=-160.9384&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72881
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DAG15
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72881/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG15

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - whiteout (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON RETURNING TO BETHEL THE WEATHER WAS BAD SO HE LANDED AT TULUKSAK. THE WEATHER CLEARED AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO BETHEL. AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND DURING A 180 DEGREE TURN TO LAND AND IMPACTED A RIVER BANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3574D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3574D-2009-05-18), registration cancelled 2009-05-18, S/N 27117, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22117
- Airframe hours: 4022
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Edward R. Hoffman, Jr.
- Registered owner: Edward R. Hoffman, Jr.
- Departed: TULUKSAK, AK
- Destination: BETHEL, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 1,400 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Altimeter: 28.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820117000999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820117000999A), Jan 17, 1982: Cessna 170, Tulusak, AK, Substantial damage. Encountered whiteout flying over frozen river. Skis struck river bank in attempted 180 degree turn.

## Other investigations on N3574D (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC78DAG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG09), Oct 14, 1977: Cessna 170B (N3574D), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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