Plane Crash List

Cessna 170B N4448B

10 November 2003 · Manley Hot Sprg, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 November 2003 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 170B registered N4448B was involved in an accident near Manley Hot Sprg, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 17:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Manley Hot Sprg, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Eureka Creek
Coordinates
58.2995, -134.4201
Aircraft
Cessna 170B
Registration
N4448B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Fairbanks → Manley Hot Sprg
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC04LA008

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a nose over during the landing roll. A factor contributing to the accident was snow covered terrain at the landing strip.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot was landing on a private, snow-covered mining strip. During the landing roll, the main landing gear wheels broke through the snow crust, and the airplane nosed over, activating the airplane's emergency locator transmitter (ELT). The pilot indicated the airplane received damage to the propeller, wingtip, and rudder.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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