Cessna 170B accident near Glennallen, AK
On September 6, 2013, a Cessna 170B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Glennallen, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 6, 2013
- Place
- Glennallen, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 170B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 62.534°N, 147.610°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130906X35911
Official records · ANC13FA093
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 5, 2013, about 1954 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 170B airplane, N170BN, sustained substantial damage following a loss of control and a subsequent impact with tundra-covered terrain, about 74 miles northwest of Glennallen, Alaska. The airplane was being operated by the pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight departed from a remote mountain ridge near the accident site. According to a member of the pilot's hunting party, the pilot had shot and killed a moose earlier in the day in an area of tall brush and tundra-covered terrain, but he failed to mark its location before hiking away from the site. Unable to locate the dead moose amongst the tall brush, he hiked back to the airplane that was parked atop a mountain ridgeline, and then he departed to do an aerial search for the moose kill site. According to a witness, after the airplane departed from the mountain ridgeline he watched the airplane do a series of low altitude maneuvers as the pilot began his search. The witness said that he observed the airplane fly by his location at approximately 80 to 100 feet above the ground, traveling at an estimated 45 mph. He said that after it passed by it then began a left turn, and then the nose of the airplane pitched down abruptly and it began to spin. The airplane subsequently descended vertically, nose first, and it col
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering at a low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin and impact with the ground.
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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.
