Incident Cessna 180 N5398D, Thursday 12 September 1963
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Date:Thursday 12 September 1963
Time:10:10
Type:Silhouette image of generic C180 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 180
Owner/operator:Western Alaska Airlines
Registration: N5398D
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Lake near Egegik, Alaska -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Lake near Egegik, Alaska
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Attempted take-off from lake with water in left float, struck lake bank.

Sources:

NTSB Identification: ANC64A0014
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=127&key=0

Revision history:

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