Cessna 170B N170LA
16 September 1988 · Hope, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 September 1988 at about 02:40 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N170LA was involved in an accident near Hope, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 02:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hope, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hope (5HO)
- Coordinates
- 60.8397, -149.4006
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170B
- Registration
- N170LA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Kenai
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC88LA140
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 ARPT WAS LOCATED IN AN AREA BETWEEN 2 MTNS. IT HAD TWO WINDSOCKS; ONE WAS AT RWY LEVEL; THE OTHER WAS ABOVE THE TREETOP LEVEL. THE PLT RPRTD THAT THE LOWER WINDSOCK SHOWED THE WIND WAS FAVORING RWY 16, BUT WAS SHIFTING ABOUT 45 DEG TO EITHER SIDE OF THE RWY HEADING; THE OTHER WINDSOCK WAS INDICATING A LEFT CROSSWIND. AS THE ACFT WAS ABOUT TO TAKEOFF, A GUST OF WIND WAS ENCTRD & THE RIGHT WING RAISED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT VEERED LEFT & THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 170 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Feb 1988 | Cessna 170B | Crowley, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 1988 | Cessna 170A | Springfield, Illinois, United States | Cruthers V. Sutton | No injuries | - |
| 9 May 1988 | Cessna 170 | Sour Lake, Texas, United States | Robinson, Richard L. | Serious injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1988 | Cessna 170 | Marble Falls, Texas, United States | Rabb, Issac | No injuries | - |
| 15 Feb 1988 | Cessna 170 | Healy, Alaska, United States | Nick Nickolie | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1988 | Cessna 170B | Rockford, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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