Cessna 170 N4133V

Summary

On 9 April 2018 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 170 registered N4133V was involved in an accident near Big Lake, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 April 2018 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Big Lake, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.5689, -149.8511

Aircraft

Cessna 170

Registration

N4133V

Category

Airplane

Year built

1948

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Big Lake → Big Lake

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA18CA214

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during the approach to land on a gravel airstrip, he increased engine power to "extend the approach," the airplane pitched up in a nose-high attitude, aerodynamically stalled, and yawed to the right. Subsequently, the airplane impacted a snowbank to the right side of the airstrip. A postcrash fire destroyed the airplane. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.