# Accident 20120603015489A: Walls Craig C SNOWYRIVER SPECIAL, Birchwood, AK, June 3, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2012, 09:25 local time
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.3922° N, 149.4669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3922&lon=-149.4669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N207CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Walls Craig C SNOWYRIVER SPECIAL (registry code 05630TA, https://openairdocs.org/model/walls-craig-c-snowyriver-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4A (registry code 42270, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WALLS CRAIG C SNOWYRIVER SPECIAL
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 83 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120603015489A

## Narrative

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

06/03/2012 - PIC DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT (PAMR) AT APPROX. 0910 AST ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT INTENDING TO LAND AT BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT (PABV). AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE MADE AN OFF-FIELD, EMERGENCY LANDING, ON THE OLD GLENN HIGHWAY NEAR NORTH BIRCHWOOD, WITH DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER.  PIC STATED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS LAST FUELED ONE WEEK EARLIER, ON MAY 27, 2012, PRIOR TO HIS BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW.  AFTER RIGHT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE FROM PAMR ENROUTE TO PABV AT 1800 MSL', PIC FOLLOWED THE OLD GLENN HIGHWAY TOWARD BIRCHWOOD.  JUST PRIOR TO REACHING PABV, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT.  THE MIXTURE WAS LEAN AND HE WENT TO FULL RICH.  THIS HAD NO EFFECT.  AT THIS POINT HE WAS AT 1500' MSL WITH A HIGH SINK RATE.  HE SPOTTED A CLEAR SECTION ON THE OLD GLENN HIGHWAY AND COMMITTED TO AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  HE HIT THE ASPHALT HARD AND COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO REST ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

## 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 ANC12CA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA050), Jun 3, 2012: Walls Craig C Snowyriver Special (N207CW), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power during descent.

## Other reports on N207CW (1)

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

- [Accident 20140205001139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140205001139A), Feb 5, 2014: Walls Craig C SNOWYRIVER SPECIAL (N207CW), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. The weather at the time of this accident was VFR, with clear skies and no wind. According to the pilot, it was the perfect day to fly. The pilot also reported…

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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