# Incident 20020722016499I: Aronca 15AC, Northway, AK, July 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Northway, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9617° N, 141.9372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Northway, AK, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9617&lon=-141.9372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1293H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1293H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 15AC (registry code 0191202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ARONCA 15AC
- Reported engine: CONT C145*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 8 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020722016499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRMAN STATED THAT HE DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD, AK ENROUTE TO NORTHWAY, AK. HE MADE AN ENROUTE STOP AT GULKANA, AK. FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PURPOSES. WHILE ON THE GROUND AT GULKANA HE EVALUATED HIS FUEL SUPPLY AND DECIDED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTAINED ADEQUATE FUEL TO COMPLETE THE LEG TO NORTHWAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS LOCAL TIME THE ENGINE COUGHED. HE APPLIED CARB HEAT AND THE ENGINE AGAIN RAN SMOOTHLY. HE CHECKED HIS FUEL GAUGE AT THAT TIME AND IT APPEARED THAT THE TANKS STILL CONTAINED THREE TO FOUR GALLONS OF FUEL. IN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES THE ENGINE STOPPED AND HE LANDED ON A GRAVEL BAR WHERE ONE OF THE MAIN GEAR WHEELS RAN THROUGH A DEPRESSION AND CAUSED IT TO COLLAPSE, FOLLOWED BY A WING TIP STRIKE. PILOT STATED THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS MINOR. HE STATED THAT HE STUCK THE TANKS AND DETECTED NO FUEL. THE AIRMAN HAS VERY LIMITED (APPROXIMATELY 30 HOURS) EXPERIENCE OPERATING LIGHT, RECIPROCATING ENGINE POWERED AIRCRAFT. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT LEAN THE FUEL AIR MIXTURE, THEREBY INCREASING THE FUEL CONSUMPTION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N1293H (1)

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

- [Accident 19771002030919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771002030919A), Oct 2, 1977: Aronca 15AC (N1293H), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage

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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