- Date
- March 29, 1964
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72770Cessna 140
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184548
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0744 64/3/29 BETHEL ALAS CESSNA 140 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N72770 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BETHEL STATE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE ALLOWED TO LOAD UP IN DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72770
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bethel State
N72770Registration cancelled Feb 5, 1971 · Cessna 140Airframe modelCessna 140Engine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N72770 · 1
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