# Accident 20121111025399A: Piper PA-18-150, Akiachak, AK, November 11, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Akiachak, AK
- Airport: Akiachak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.9064° N, 161.4931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9064&lon=-161.4931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8466Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 30 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC13LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121111025399A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/11/12 THE PILOT OF N8466Y DEPARTED ANIAK, ALASKA AT APPROXIMATELY 1610 HOURS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL BEFORE DEPARTING ANIAK, AK. HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE IT TO THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF BETHEL, ALASKA. THE PILOT REPORTED SEEING HIS FUEL GAGE ON EMPTY IN FLIGHT BUT CONTINUED ON TO BETHEL CHOOSING NOT TO LAND AT ALTERNATE AIRPORTS. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED IN FLIGHT FROM FUEL STARVATION AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE TUNDRA. THE ACCIDENT WAS CLOSED AND A VIOLATION INVESTIGATION STARTED BY ANDREW MURRAY OF THE DENALI CMO AL07.

## 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 ANC13LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC13LA009), Nov 11, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N8466Y), Akiachak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, and the pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the subsequent forced landing,…

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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