61.2135° N, 149.8447° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 22, 1986 · 18:19 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5892R
Reported as
Cessna 172G
Reported engine
Continental O300D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
394 total327 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Struck trees short of runway after fuel exhaustion occurred on final leg to runway.
As the FAA filed it
STRUCK TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED ON FINAL LEG TO RUNWAY.