Accident Cessna 180H N3476Y, Friday 27 July 1984

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Date:	Friday 27 July 1984
Time:	19:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 180H
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N3476Y
MSN:	18051976
Total airframe hrs:	2400 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-470-K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Chicken, AK - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Fairbanks, AK (FAI)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE EN ROUTE TO DAWSON CITY, CANADA, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WX. THE CLOUDS WERE NEAR THE TOPS OF THE RIDGES & THE ACFT WAS BENEATH THE CLOUD LAYER IN A SLOW FLT CONFIGURATION. THE PLT SAID THAT HE TRIED TO MAKE A 180 DEG TURN, BUT THE ACFT STALLED & PITCHED DOWN. HE HAD NEARLY RECOVERED FROM THE STALL & WAS IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE WHEN THE ACFT HIT TREES & THE GROUND.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation: