19870401008219A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 402CESSNA · Anchorage, AK · April 1, 1987

Date
April 1, 1987 · 21:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EMSA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N967JW
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC87MA057
Reported as
Cessna 402CESSNA
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
3,577 total210 in this make and model

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.

Crashed on approach to airport. Hit trees in a near vertical position. Possible fuel starvation and VMC procedure.

As the FAA filed it

CRASHED ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. HIT TREES IN A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION. POSSIBLE FUEL STARVATION AND VMC PROCEDURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.