Accident Cessna 170B N3439D,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373399
 
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Date:Thursday 19 March 1987
Time:16:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C170 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 170B
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N3439D
MSN: 26982
Engine model:CONTINENTAL O-300-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Dillingham, AK -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
AS THE PLT WAS TAKING OFF FROM A FROZEN LAKE WITH A SKI EQUIPPED ACFT, IT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK & WAS DAMAGED. THE PLT RPRTD THAT HE HAD JUST LANDED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER & THAT THE WIND WAS BLOWING DIFFERENTLY WHEN HE TOOK OFF AGAIN. AFTER THE ACDNT, POLICE PERSONNEL NOTED THAT THE PLT HAD AN ODOR OF ALCOHOL ON HIS BREATH, AS WELL AS SLURRED SPEECH & SOME DIFFICULTY IN WALKING. WHEN HIS BREATH WAS CHECKED WITH AN INTOXIMETER 3000 TEST MACHINE, IT SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LVL THAT WAS EQUIVALENT TO 0.123% BAC. THE PLTS LAST FAA MEDICAL EXAM WAS ON 10/13/78; HIS LAST BFR DATE WASN'T ESTABLISHED.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: ANC87LA054
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 2 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB ANC87LA054

Location

Revision history:

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