Cessna 180 N3472Y

Summary

On 1 January 1970 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N3472Y, operated by Galena Air SER, was involved in an accident during in flight near Nulato, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 January 1970 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Nulato, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Nulato

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 180

Registration

N3472Y

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Galena Air SER

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

S → Tanana, Alas

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-0171

2 people died.

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

EMERG FLT TO AIRLIFT SICK PATIENT. PLT BELIEVED TO HAVE STAYED LOW TO MAINTAIN CONTACT AT NITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.