ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 372273
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Date: | Saturday 5 September 1987 |
Time: | 17:38 LT |
Type: | Cessna 175A |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N6921E |
MSN: | 56421 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3659 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Anchorage, AK -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK |
Destination airport: | Belvoa Lake, AK |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT CONTACTED A ROW OF TREES AND CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT REPORTED, THAT A DOWNDRAFT WAS ENCOUNTERED AFTER ESTABLISHING A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB ON TAKEOFF. AIRSPEED DECREASED WHEN THE DOWNDRAFT WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE PILOT CONTINUED FLYING THE ACFT JUST ABOVE STALL SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED AN INITIAL GROUP OF TREES AFTER WHICH IT CONTACTED THE TOPS OF TWO PINE TREES WHICH WERE APRX 78 FT TALL. THE ACFT THEN STALLED AND DESCENDED TO IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ANC87FA138 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB ANC87FA138
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