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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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Feb 1988 | Cessna 170B | Crowley, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 1988 | Cessna 170A | Springfield, Illinois, United States | Cruthers V. Sutton | No injuries | - |
| 9 May 1988 | Cessna 170 | Sour Lake, Texas, United States | Robinson, Richard L. | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1988 | Cessna 170 | Marble Falls, Texas, United States | Rabb, Issac | No injuries | - |
| 15 Feb 1988 | Cessna 170 | Healy, Alaska, United States | Nick Nickolie | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1988 | Cessna 170B | Rockford, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 1988 | Cessna 210L | Juneau, Alaska, United States | Engineered Systems, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 14 Dec 1988 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Kasaan, Alaska, United States | Ketchikan Air Service | Fatal | 1 |
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| 5 Apr 1988 | Piper PA-14 | Glennallen, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 May 1988 | Piper PA-18 | Togiak, Alaska, United States | David J. Hilty | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1988 | Piper PA-18A | McGrath, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |