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Cessna 180A N5351D

7 April 1962 · Shungnak, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 April 1962 at about 16:44 local time, a Cessna 180A registered N5351D, operated by Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Shungnak, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:44
Classification
Accident
Location
Shungnak, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 180A
Registration
N5351D
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Kotzebue, Alas → Kobuk, Alas
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
1-0017

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

R SKI DUG UNDER NEW SNOW AND HIT HIDDEN ICE RIDGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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