- Date
- September 15, 1984, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3010ACessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840915075149A
- Case key
- 4230
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated takeoff was slow and acft could not clear on-coming rising terrain and obstacles. Left wing contacted 100 ft tall tree tops aprx 2500 ft from departure end of rwy yawing acft 180 degrees from direction of flt. Plt failed to perform weight and balance before flt. Computations revealed acft was no more than 150 lbs below certified gross weight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3010A
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25654
- Airframe hours
- 3,310
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gene C. Fauser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1981 · 358 hours before
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- ANI · Aniak, AK
- Airport
- Sky Harbor, runway 33, 1,800 × 0 ft, dirt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 550 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.