Cessna 177RG N52137

Summary

On 19 August 1986 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N52137 was involved in an accident near Hinchinbrook Is, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 August 1986 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hinchinbrook Is, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Cordova (CDV)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N52137

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Homer → Cordova

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC86FA130

3 people died.

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

AT 1323 ADT, THE PLT RPRTD NEAR HINCHINBROOK ISLAND & REQUESTED CLEARANCE FOR AN NDB-A APCH TO THE CORDOVA MILE 13 ARPT. ABOUT 3 MIN LATER, CORDOVA FSS PROVIDED CLEARANCE FOR THE APCH 'FROM OVER HINCHINBROOK.' RADAR DATA SHOWED THAT THE ACFT FLEW TO THE JOHNSTONE POINT (JOH) VOR, THEN BEGAN TRACKING ON A SSE HEADING TOWARD THE SUBSEQUENT ACCIDENT SITE. THE ACFT IMPACTED NEAR THE TOP OF A MTN AT AN ELEV OF ABOUT 2000 FT, APRX 10 MI SSE OF THE JOH VOR. FOR THE JOH TRANSITION (TO THE NDB-A APCH), THE PLT SHOULD HAVE TRACKED OUTBOUND FROM THE VOR FOR 15.5 MI ON A HEADING OF 083 DEG, WITH A MIN ALT OF 4000 FT, TO THE HINCHINBROOK INITIAL APCH FIX (IAP).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.