# Accident 20120731016199A: Cessna 182B, Slana, AK, July 31, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2012, 10:00 local time
- Place: Slana, AK
- Airport: Duffys Tavern Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.7211° N, 143.9353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.7211&lon=-143.9353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7150E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7150E-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 85 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120731016199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED FUELING TANKS TO FULL FOR AIRCRAFT ON EVENING BEFORE IN WHITEHORSE, CANADA. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WHITEHORSE IN AM, WITHOUT A VISUAL FUEL QTY STICK CHK TO NORTHWAY, AK. A/C DEPARTED NORTHWAY WITH NO FUEL ADDED, INTENDED, NORTHWAY TO GULKANA. AIRCRAFT OVERFLEW DUFFYS TAVERN STRIP, DDT, ENROUTE TO GULKANA AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER LOST POWER. PILOT REPORTED FLYING WITH FUEL SELECTOR IN BOTH. SELECTOR WAS MOVED, THE ENGINE RESTARTED MOMENTARILY AND LOST POWER. ALTITUDE WAS REPORTED AS 6500 FT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE RETURN TO DUFFYS TAVERN STRIP, AND THEN TO ROADWAY WHEN STRIP WAS UNATTAINABLE. AK STATE TROOPERS MET DOWNED AIRCRAFT AFTER CALLOUT, AND DID A FUEL STICK CK OF TANKS ON SITE, FINDING NO FUEL. FAA ASI'S INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT FOUND ONLY RESIDUAL FUEL AVAILABLE AT SUMPS, A COUPLE OF OUNCES PER TANK. AK TROOPER REPORTED CARGO ONBOARD AIRCRAFT INCLUDED 15 GALLONS OF FUEL IN PORTABLE FUEL CONTAINERS ALONG WITH OTHER TRAVEL CARGO.

## 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 ANC12LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12LA080), Jul 31, 2012: Cessna 182B (N7150E), Gakona, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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