Cessna 170 accident near Coldfoot, AK
On August 5, 1995, a Cessna 170 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Coldfoot, AK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 5, 1995
- Place
- Coldfoot, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 64.811°N, 147.720°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04114
NTSB summary
History of the Flight On August 4, 1995, about 1900 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 170, N2566V, collided with terrain in Atigun Pass, about 56 miles north of Coldfoot, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country personal flight to go hunting in the Brooks Range when the accident occured. The airplane, operated by the pilot, was destroyed by impact and postimpact fire. The certificated private pilot and the sole passenger received fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area of the accident. The flight originated at the Coldfoot airport about 1830. The pilot departed Juneau, Alaska, on August 1, 1995, and flew to Fairbanks, Alaska. On August 4, 1995, at 0829, the pilot obtained a weather briefing via airplane radio from the Fairbanks Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) for the area from Fairbanks to Livengood, Alaska, to Coldfoot. He stated that he was in the transient campground. At 1411, the pilot called the Kenai AFSS via telephone and filed a VFR flight plan from Manely Hot Springs, Alaska, via Livengood to Coldfoot. At 1605, the pilot cancelled his flight plan by radio with the Fairbanks AFSS. The pilot then transmitted on the AFSS frequency at 1606 that he was on a left downwind landing pattern for landing at Coldfoot. An Alaska State Trooper, Fish and Wildlife Division, reported that he talked with the pilot and passenger about 1630 after the airplane landed at Coldfoot. The pilot stated that he landed at Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, (137 miles south of Coldfoot) prior to continuing t
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE DISTANCE AND/OR ALTITUDE FROM TERRAIN. RISING MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND DOWNDRAFTS ASSOCIATED WITH UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
