Probable cause
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NTSB analysis
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Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ANC09WA008 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Oct 24, 2008
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Kadena Air Base, Japan, JP
- Highest injury
- Serious
- Serious injuries
- 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Dusk
Cessna 172H
- N-number
- N4961
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Non-US, non-commercial
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.