- Date
- June 1, 1984, 22:10 local (Jun 2, 1984, 06:10 UTC)
- Place
- Tyonek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4708UCessna 180GN9297EMaule M-5-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4211
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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Analysis
Taking off from an abandoned road near a fishing camp, the Cessna turned back and descended with power on over his departure point, heading into the sun which was low on the horizon. It collided left wing to left wing with the Maule which had climbed out at a steep angle from the same road. The Maule pilot stated that he saw the Cessna immediately after lowering the nose of his aircraft, and initiated an unsuccessful avoidance maneuver.
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.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4708U
- Reported as
- Cessna 180G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051408
- Airframe hours
- 2,656
- Engine
- Continental O-470-4, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frederick Allen Day
- Registered owner
- Frederick Allen Day
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1984 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- Theodore River, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Registration
- N9297E
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6203C
- Airframe hours
- 335
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D33A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Erik Alan Opstad
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 31, 1984 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- Theodore River, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N4708U
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 486 total · 486 in this make and model · 376 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N9297E
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 243 total · 66 in this make and model · 189 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F