# Accident 19770902031749A: Cessna A188B, Bettles, AK, September 2, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1977, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bettles, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 66.9073° N, 151.5381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bettles, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.9073&lon=-151.5381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9037R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9037R-1998-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A188B (registry code 2073005, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A188B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAA49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAA49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770902031749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC77DAA49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAA49), Sep 2, 1977: Cessna A188B (N9037R), Prospect Crk, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9037R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880911038159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880911038159A), Sep 11, 1988: Cessna A188B (N9037R), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. Landed off center of a sandbar landing strip. Hit soft sand and flipped over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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