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Cessna 170B N3138B

18 December 1988 · North Pole, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 December 1988 at about 16:05 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N3138B, operated by Grose, Anthony R., was involved in an accident near North Pole, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:05
Classification
Accident
Location
North Pole, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Laklory Airstrip
Coordinates
64.7698, -147.3293
Aircraft
Cessna 170B
Registration
N3138B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Grose, Anthony R.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC89LA024

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

THE PLT RPRTD THAT DRG AN APCH TO LAND, A X-WIND CAUSED THE ACFT TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LEFT WING STRUCK TREES ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RWY & THE ACFT CRASHED. THE PLT RPRTD THE WIND WAS FROM 120 DEG AT 6 GUSTING 10 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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