# Incident 19861217079159I: Piper PA18, Anchorage, AK, December 17, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1986, 14:31 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Bryant
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8560C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8560C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861217079159I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL TO HELIPORT. ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Other reports on N8560C (3)

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

- [Accident 20170712024439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170712024439A), Jul 12, 2017: Piper PA-18 (N8560C), Denali, AK, Substantial damage. Flight was a grocery haul to off airport narrow landing strip in the yanert river valley. Winds gusted as touching down, the aircraft got to the edge of the…
- [Accident 19960609013139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960609013139A), Jun 9, 1996: Piper PA18150 (N8560C), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. On landing at airport, nosed over. Unable to stop swerved. Battery cable caught on right rudder pedal.
- [Incident 19880817051709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880817051709I), Aug 17, 1988: Piper PA18 (N8560C), Homer, AK, Minor damage. During water taxi in gusty winds updraft lifted aircraft. Settled back breaking suspension system on floats.

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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