# NTSB ANC99WA055: Cessna 170B, N2599C, Tsirku Glacier, Canada, April 30, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 30, 1999
- Place: Tsirku Glacier, Canada
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46220
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC99WA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46220/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99WA055

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2599C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2599C), registered now, S/N 26243 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 170B
- Registry model: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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

## 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19990430004329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430004329A), Apr 30, 1999: Cessna 170B, Haines, AK, Substantial damage. Acft crashed while en route and sustained substantial damage, other circumstances are unknown. (.4) on April 30, 1999, about 0950 Alaska daylight time, a wheel…

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

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