# Accident 19830813043569A: Amtrva SPORTMANVJ22, North Pole, AK, August 13, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1983, 14:35 local time
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Airport: Bradley Sky Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7693° N, 147.3298° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7693&lon=-147.3298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N830PM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRVA SPORTMANVJ22
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC83FAA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FAA07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830813043569A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED WHEN ENGINE QUIT FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING.

## 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 ANC83FAA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FAA07), Aug 13, 1983: Lowther Volmer VJ-22 (N830PM), North Pole, AK, destroyed

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.