Cessna C-152 N94547

Summary

On 11 September 1983 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna C-152 registered N94547, operated by Roger Boardman, was involved in an accident near Eagle River, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 September 1983 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Eagle River, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.2093, -149.2500

Aircraft

Cessna C-152

Registration

N94547

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Roger Boardman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Birchwood → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83LA169

2 people were seriously injured.

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING DURING A TRAINING FLT AT AN ALT OF 3000 FT MSL. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE 2 OCCUPANTS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE CFI STATED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT AND THE ACFT CRASHED DURING A TURN IN RISING TERRAIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ACFT WAS WITHIN WEIGHT AND C.G. LIMITS. THE ACFT LEFT ON 9/10 AT 1515 HOURS AND CRASHED AT 1600 HOURS. IT WAS REPORTED MISSING AT 1624 ON 9/11 BY THE CFI'S SISTER. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED SO FSS HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE FLT. ELMENDORF RCC DIDRECEIVE AN ELT SIGNAL PRIOR TO THE SISTERS REPORT. CAP WAS NOTIFIED AT 1750 ON 9/11. THE ACFT WAS FOUND BY A CIVILIAN ACFT AT 1839 HOURS. AT 1945 USAF RESCUE WAS LAUNCHED. THERE WAS NO SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT ON THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.