Plane Crash List

Cessna 170 N4059V

27 July 1972 · Iron Crk, Canada · Fatal

Summary

On 27 July 1972 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 170 registered N4059V was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Iron Crk, Canada. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 13:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Iron Crk, Canada
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 170
Registration
N4059V
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Mile 422, Alas Hwy → Watson Lake, Yt, Can
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
6-0099

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

LANDING ON THE ALASKA HWY.INVESTIGATED & REPORTED BY THE GOVT OF CANADA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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