Cessna 170B N2779C

Summary

On 16 August 1984 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N2779C was involved in an accident near Barter Island, 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.

Date

16 August 1984 at 13:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Barter Island, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

65.3898, -148.3291

Aircraft

Cessna 170B

Registration

N2779C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hulahula River → Bettles

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC84LA139

Nobody was 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

PLT LANDED ON A GRAVEL BAR IN WILDERNESS FOR HUNTING. TWO DAYS LATER, ESTIMATING ABOUT 1400 FT OF USABLE SURFACE WAS AVAILABLE FOR TAKEOFF, HE ELECTED TO TAKEOFF UPHILL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A SLIGHT HEADWIND CONDITION IN THAT DIRECTION. THE SURFACE OF LOOSE SAND AND GRAVEL VARIED IN SOFTNESS. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE IN GROUND EFFECT AS THE END OF USABLE SURFACE WAS REACHED BUT A WIND SHIFT AT THAT POINT PRECLUDED CLIMB AWAY FROM RISING TERRAIN. ACFT COLLIDED WITH A (RIVER) CUT BANK. CALCULATIONS SHOW A MINIMUM OF 1580 FT REQUIRED FOR THIS ACFT/LOAD/SITUATION TO EFFECT SAFE TAKEOFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.