# Accident 20131017021109A: Cessna 172C, Fairbanks, AK, October 17, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2013, 17:11 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7961° N, 147.8808° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7961&lon=-147.8808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1512Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1512Y-2014-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131017021109A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 17, 2013, ABOUT 1711 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172 AIRPLANE, N1512Y, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN JUST AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 20L AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, AND TWO PASSENGERS SUTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT AND WAS BEING OPERATED AS A 14 CFR PART 91 VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT DESTINED TO NORTH POLE, ALASKA

## 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 ANC14FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14FA002), Oct 18, 2013: Cessna 172C (N1512Y), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to ensure that adequate fuel was on board the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent collision with terrain.

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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