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Cessna 170B N3540C

15 April 1978 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 15 April 1978, a Cessna 170B registered N3540C was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
Classification
Accident
Location
Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 170B
Registration
N3540C
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Route
Anchorage, Ak → Homer, Ak
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Light
Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number
3-1554

People

3 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 3 0 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 DMG AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED, PILOTS BODY RECOVERED 6/17/78.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
15 Oct 1978 Cessna 170B
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no coordinates
- No injuries -
2 May 1978 Cessna 170A
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no coordinates
- No injuries -
9 Jul 1978 Cessna 170A
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no coordinates
- Fatal 1
15 Jul 1978 Cessna 170B
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no coordinates
- No injuries -
26 Aug 1978 Cessna 170B
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Broadus, Montana, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
22 May 1978 Cessna 170B
N4505C
Woodbridge, Virginia, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -

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