# Incident 19950514015049I: Cessna 180B, Fairbanks, AK, May 14, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1995, 10:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2635B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2635B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950514015049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED DURING ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19R AT FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE A SUCCESSFUL POWER OUT LANDING TO AN EXPRESSWAY 2 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY AN A&P MECHANIC WITH TWO FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS PRESENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE FUEL IN FUEL STRAINER AND ESTIMATED 10 GAL BETWEEN BOTH TANKS. GROUND RUN WAS PERFORMED BEFORE MORE FUEL WAS ADDED. ENGINE RAN NORMAL FOR APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES, SHUT DOWN THEN 15 GAL. 100LL ADDED. AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN RUN UP AND AGAIN RAN NORMALLY. PILOT STATED THAT HE FILED IFR APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES EAST AS WEATHER APPEARED TO BE DETERIORATING. ENROUTE TO FAI AT 9,000 FT. MSL HE ENCOUNTERED LT. RIME ICE. HE WAS GIVEN LOWER ALTITUDE. HE STATED THAT HE MADE A LONG, LOW POWER DESCENT THROUGH PRECIPITATION DURING DESCENT AND ILS APPROACH. HE BELIEVES HE MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED CARBEURATOR ICING DUE TO HIS FAILURE TO USE CARBUERETOR HEAT DURING DESCENT.

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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