# NTSB ANC84LAMS1: Cessna 401, N7984Q, Anchorage, AK, July 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 25, 1984, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4385
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LAMS1
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4385/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LAMS1

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Missing aircraft, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7984Q-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 401B0203, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Registry model: [Cessna 401B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (registry code 207590E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 401B0203
- Airframe hours: 4729
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840725039589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840725039589A), Jul 25, 1984: Cessna 401B, AK, 4 fatal. Aircraft missing on flight from anchorage to cantwell airport, Alaska.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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