# Accident 19810815047579A: Cessna 152, Northway, AK, August 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1981, 11:28 local time
- Place: Northway, AK
- Airport: Northway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9612° N, 141.9281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHWAY (ORT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9612&lon=-141.9281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68166, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68166-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 69 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810815047579A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE. FLIPPED OVER ON EMERGENCY LANDING ON TUNDRA. FUEL GAUGES INACCURATE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N68166 (1)

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

- [Accident 20070510008279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070510008279A), May 10, 2007: Cessna 152 (N68166), Monroe, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was piloting a Cessna 172 (N68166) at an altitude of 2500 feet on a flight from paine field to gold bar, Washington for…

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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