Plane Crash List

Cessna 170B N4687C

23 February 1987 · Anchorage, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 23 February 1987 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N4687C was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 14:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Lake Hood Seaplane (LHD)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 170B
Registration
N4687C
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
King Lake → Anchorage
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC87LA040

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED HIS SKI EQUIPPED TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE ON A FROZEN LAKE IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI FROM UPWIND TO DOWNWIND. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK ITS LEFT WING AND ELEVATOR ON THE LAKE ICE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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