Cessna 175 accident near Anchorage, AK
On June 13, 2018, a Cessna 175 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Anchorage, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 13, 2018
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 175 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 61.271°N, 150.552°W
- NTSB ID
- 20180614X22730
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn June 13, 2018, about 1205 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 207 airplane, N91038, and a wheel-equipped Cessna 175 airplane, N9423B, collided midair near the mouth of the Big Susitna River, about 20 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska. The commercial pilot of the Cessna 207 was fatally injured. The private pilot of the Cessna 175 was not injured. Both airplanes received substantial damage. The Cessna 207 was operated by Spernak Airways, Inc., as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 nonscheduled commuter flight. The Cessna 175 was registered to the pilot who was operating it as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area, and both airplanes were operating under visual flight rules at the time of the accident. The Cessna 175 departed a remote fish camp about 1126 en route to the Lake Hood Seaplane Base (PALH); no flight plan was filed. The Cessna 207 departed Merrill Field (PAMR), Anchorage, about 1200, and was destined for Tyonek Airport (TYE), Tyonek, Alaska, with company flight following procedures in effect. The pilot of the Cessna 175 stated that, while in level cruise flight about 1,000 ft mean sea level (msl), he was making position reports via radio and established contact with the pilot of a Piper Super Cub passing below him in the opposite direction. As he watched the Piper Super Cub pass well below his airplane, he noticed the shadow of an airplane from the opposite direction converging with the shadow of his airplane. He looked forward and saw the spinner of the converging air
Probable cause
The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane while in level cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision.
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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.
