ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182931
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 December 2015 |
| Time: | 06:18 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N914CP |
| MSN: | 172S8334 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2074 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO360 SER A&C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Downtown Anchorage, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK (MRI) |
| Anchorage, AK (MRI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses reported seeing the airplane flying in an easterly direction at a very low altitude before striking the northwest corner of an office building. The airplane's wreckage continued traveling east while descending into an adjacent office building and subsequently struck an electrical transformer. A postcrash fire consumed the airplane wreckage. The private pilot intentionally flew the airplane into the side of the building, and he was killed. The flight was not authorized and the event was an intentional act, so the Federal Bureau of Investigation assumed jurisdiction and control of the investigation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's intentional flight into a building.
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2015 17:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 29-Dec-2015 17:31 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2015 20:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Dec-2015 00:03 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2015 00:19 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source] |
| 30-Dec-2015 10:43 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 30-Dec-2015 11:39 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2015 13:24 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 02-Jan-2016 15:43 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jan-2016 18:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 15:34 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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