- Date
- July 28, 1984, 16:45 local (Jul 29, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2233NCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840728039599A
- Case key
- 4220
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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.
Analysis
Plt was conducting a search and rescue mission when his attention was diverted to an object on the ground. When plt redirected his attention to the flt path, rapidly rising terrain was viewed directly in front of the acft with insufficient room to turn. The acft contacted the terrain with full power in a nose high attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2233N
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13582
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred E. Griffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Flight plan
- Military VFR
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 509 total · 410 in this make and model · 452 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N2233N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.