Cessna 172E N3873S
30 March 1969 · North Pole, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 30 March 1969, a Cessna 172E registered N3873S was involved in an accident during in flight near North Pole, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- North Pole, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172E
- Registration
- N3873S
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0848
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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
ACFT FOUND WITH FLAPS EXTENDED 10 DEG, AND THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OPERATING IN A LOW POWER SETTING
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 172 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 1969 | Cessna 172D | Couts, Canada | W.h.flyers Inc | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1969 | Cessna 172 | Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States | K Airways, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1969 | Cessna 172 | Sunfair, California, United States | Parflite, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1969 | Cessna 172H | Fort Worth, Texas, United States | Space City Air | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Feb 1969 | Cessna 172B | Melbourne, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 1969 | Cessna 172 | Hernando, Mississippi, United States | Hi-Air Inc | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |