- Date
- November 20, 1984, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2468DCessna 170B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841120062679A
- Case key
- 4451
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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Analysis
The acft crashed during a takeoff from a sandbar on the King Salmon river. The plt stated that during his take- off roll, the windshield fogged over & he was unable to see, the acft's main gear struck a rock & the acft nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2468D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20620
- Airframe hours
- 2,969
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wallace F. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1984 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- King Salmon, AK
- Destination
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,014 total · 1,014 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °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.
Other investigations on N2468D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.