Cessna 172E N3841S
5 September 1988 · Petersburg, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 5 September 1988 at about 00:50 local time, a Cessna 172E registered N3841S, operated by Everett D. Earlywine, was involved in an accident near Petersburg, Alaska, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 00:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Petersburg, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 57.0507, -132.6194
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172E
- Registration
- N3841S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Everett D. Earlywine
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Wrangell
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA88FA169
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 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
PLT WAS BRIEFED FOR MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS. WITNESSES ON DEPARTURE NOTED FOG BANK OFFSHORE FROM AIRPORT. WITNESSES NEAR ACCIDENT SITE, 10 MI FROM DEPARTURE POINT, HEARD ACFT AND SOUNDS OF IMPACT. THEY REPORTED FOG ON THE WATER AND GLASSY WATER CONDITIONS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 1988 | Cessna 172N | Vero Beach, Florida, United States | Citrus Grove Aviation, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 May 1988 | Cessna 172F | Shellman, Georgia, United States | Evans J. Nichols | Minor injuries | - |
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| 14 May 1988 | Cessna 172RG | Mathew, Virginia, United States | Mideastern Airways Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 1988 | Cessna 172K | Lake City, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 31 Dec 1988 | Cessna 172M | Erie, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 1988 | Cessna 210L | Juneau, Alaska, United States | Engineered Systems, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 14 Dec 1988 | De Havilland DHC-2 | Kasaan, Alaska, United States | Ketchikan Air Service | Fatal | 1 |
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| 5 Apr 1988 | Piper PA-14 | Glennallen, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 4 Jul 1988 | Piper PA-18A | McGrath, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |