- Date
- July 25, 1984, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7984QCessna 401
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840725039589A
- Case key
- 4385
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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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
At 0630 AKDT the plt obtained a wx briefing for the flt which forecast VFR with occasional marginal conditions along the route of flt. At 0704, the plt obtained an updated briefing at which time the destination of cantwell was reported IFR. At 0731 AKDT, the acft departed Anchorage international on a company VFR flt. No further communication took place with the acft. The acft did not reach cantwell. An extensive search revealed no trace of the acft or its occupants.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7984Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401B0203
- Airframe hours
- 4,729
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alaska Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dan Jordan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 29, 1984 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Z68 · Cantwell, AK
- Flight plan
- Company 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,092 total · 310 in this make and model · 10,582 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.