- Date
- August 17, 1984, 19:10 local (Aug 18, 1984, 03:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fortress Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N54173Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840817044629A
- Case key
- 4225
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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
Preflight planning/preparation - improper
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Diverted attention
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hilly
Analysis
Flight was conducted to locate wild game. Acft collided with mountain at 4250 ft level. Acft impacted in a near verticalattitude. Examination of acft disclosed no evidence of malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54173
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274903
- Airframe hours
- 1,625
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William And Judy Woodland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 6, 1984 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- EDF · Elmendorf, AK
- Destination
- Sheep Mountain, AK
- Flight plan
- Military VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 151 total · 26 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.