# Accident 20060917020759A: Piper PA12, Sterling, AK, September 17, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sterling, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4972° N, 151.0328° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4972&lon=-151.0328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N593V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N593V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O290*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060917020759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPLETED FUEL IN AIRCRAFT. HE DIDN'T VISUALLY CHECK FUEL TANKS FOR QUANTITY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC06LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06LA140), Sep 17, 2006: Piper PA-12 (N593V), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane before departure, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, and a total loss of engine power during cruise flight. Factors contributing to the accident were an…

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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