Cessna 170B N2599C accident, Tsirku Glacier, Canada, Apr 30, 1999 · NTSB ANC99WA055

Date: April 30, 1999
Place: Tsirku Glacier, Canada
Injuries: 1 minor
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2599CCessna 170B
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Not reported
NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
FAA report: 19990430004329A
Case key: 46220

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Aircraft

Registration: N2599C
Reported as: Cessna 170B
Category: Airplane
Damage: Substantial damage
Fire: Unknown
Flight: Personal · Part 91
Operator: Ronald P. Smith
Departed: YAK · Yakutat, AK
Destination: HNS · Haines, AK
Flight plan: VFR

N2599CRegistered now · Cessna 170BS/N 26243 Airframe modelCessna 170B Engine modelContinental C145 seriesReciprocating

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Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Not reported
Visibility: 10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
Temperature: 37 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

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Accident 19990430004329ACessna 170B · Haines, AKAcft crashed while en route and sustained substantial damage, other circumstances are unknown. (.4) on April 30, 1999, about 0950 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 170B airplane, N2599C, sustained substantial damage during an in-flight collision…Apr 30, 1999 · N2599C · Substantial damage