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Cessna 185 N9974X

18 July 1972 · Anchorage, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 July 1972 at about 07:31 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N9974X was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Anchorage, 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 07:31
Classification
Accident
Location
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Anchorage Intl
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 185
Registration
N9974X
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Ferry
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Anchorage Alas → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-2520

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

PILOT ACCUSTOMED TO GRAVEL RUNWAY WHEN OPERATINGTHIS MAKE & MODEL ACFT

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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