# Incident 19970525017759I: Amtrjg QUESTAIR20, Anchorage, AK, May 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1997, 12:40 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From 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: N78V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johnston Karl S QUESTAIR VENTURE (registry code 056014A, https://openairdocs.org/model/johnston-karl-s-questair-venture) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRJG QUESTAIR20
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 23 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970525017759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 25, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:40 LOCAL TIME, A QUESTAIR VENTURE HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT N78V, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MR. KARL S. JOHNSTON, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. 1850830, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. MR. JOHNSTON STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING FUEL INDICATING SYSTEM AND HIS ERROR READING THE FUEL PUMP AT THE SERVICE STATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. MR. JOHNSTON STATED THAT CORRECTIVE ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN TO REPAIR THE FUEL INDICATING SYSTEM AND ADDING A VISUAL INDICATING SYSTEM TO PREVENT AN INCIDENT OF THIS NATURE FROM RECURRING.

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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