ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356181
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| Date: | Saturday 8 March 1997 |
| Time: | 16:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 170A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1364D |
| MSN: | 19940 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2054 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental C145-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Willow, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and passenger were departing a frozen lake in the ski-equipped airplane. The pilot reported he was taxiing at an excessive speed. Due to flat lighting conditions, the pilot did not see a frozen snow berm. The right landing gear ski crested the berm and then struck a second snow berm. The right main landing gear was torn from the airplane fuselage.
Probable Cause: The pilot's excessive speed while taxiing. A factor in the accident was flat light conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC97LA032
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 March 1995 | N1364D | Paul Spiro | 0 | Anchorage, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 19:52 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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