Plane Crash List

Cessna 180H N3476Y

28 July 1984 · Chicken, Alaska, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 28 July 1984 at about 03:00 local time, a Cessna 180H registered N3476Y was involved in an accident near Chicken, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 03:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Chicken, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
64.0702, -142.0099
Aircraft
Cessna 180H
Registration
N3476Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Fairbanks → Dawson
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC84LA123

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 2 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

WHILE EN ROUTE TO DAWSON CITY, CANADA, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WX. THE CLOUDS WERE NEAR THE TOPS OF THE RIDGES & THE ACFT WAS BENEATH THE CLOUD LAYER IN A SLOW FLT CONFIGURATION. THE PLT SAID THAT HE TRIED TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN, BUT THE ACFT STALLED & PITCHED DOWN. HE HAD NEARLY RECOVERED FROM THE STALL & WAS IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE WHEN THE ACFT HIT TREES & THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
- Minor injuries -
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