# Accident 20140606009499A: Aeronca 15AC, Talkeetna, AK, June 6, 2014 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 6, 2014, 11:50 local time - Place: Talkeetna, AK - Airport: Nugget Bench Airstrip - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 62.5172° N, 150.9453° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5172&lon=-150.9453&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1301H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1301H) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Aeronca 15AC (registry code 0191202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AERONCA 15AC - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 200 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA038) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140606009499A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. PILOT STATED THAT ENGINE EXHIBITED SIGNS OF FUEL STARVATION WHILE IN A RIGHT TURN. THE ENGINE RAN SPORADICALLY WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE PRIMER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE 'WAGGED' THE WINGS FROM SIDE TO SIDE TRYING TO MOVE FUEL BETWEEN THE TANKS. WHEN HE ACHIEVED A LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE ON SHORT FINAL, HIS ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING CAUSING HIM TO OVERSHOOT THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE ACCIDENT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WHILE THE AMOUNT OF UNUSABLE FUEL FROM THE MANUFACTURER IS TWO GALLONS PER SIDE, THE FUEL SYSTEM HAD BEEN MODIFIED RESULTING IN LARGER TANKAGE. THERE WAS NOT AN UPDATE IN THE PILOTS OPERATING HANDBOOK INDICATING THAT THE USABLE/UNUSABLE FUEL MAY HAVE CHANGED AND THIS LEFT THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITHOUT A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF KNOWING THE MANUFACTURER'S FUEL QUANTITY REQUIREMENTS COULD BE DIFFERENT. HOWEVER, WITH ALL OF THAT BEING CLEARLY STATED, IT IS THE OPINION THIS INSPECTOR THAT REGARDLESS OF THE LEVEL OF UNUSABLE FUEL, THE PILOT ENTERED A RIGHT HAND TURN KNOWING THAT THE LEFT TANK WAS DRY (HE STATED THAT HE BURNS OFF ONE TANK AND THEN ANOTHER) AND IN DOING SO, UNPORTED THE FUEL TO THE ENGINE CAUSING THE SHUT DOWN OF THE ENGINE. THIS INSPECTOR RECOMMENDS RETRAINING ON FUEL MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES AND HOW UNLEVEL FLIGHT MAY RESULT IN FUEL STARVATION. ## 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 ANC14LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA038), Jun 6, 2014: Aeronca 15AC (N1301H), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s failure to perform required fuel system tests to ensure that the airplane met its original type certification basis after modifying the fuel system and the Federal Aviation… ## Other reports on N1301H (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20220906015409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220906015409I), Sep 6, 2022: Aeronca 15AC (N1301H), Nome, AK, Minor damage. The pilot started to taxi from his parking spot at the Nome Airport. During a slight left turn at slow speed the right landing gear leg attach fitting failed… - [Accident 20090828048949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090828048949A), Aug 28, 2009: Aeronca 15AC (N1301H), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. 08/28/09: The pilot attempted to land at an Off Airport site. The aircraft skided into a creek bottom and flipped upsidedown. - [Incident 20070502009269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070502009269I), May 2, 2007: Aronca 15AC (N1301H), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot, alone in the aircraft, was practicing off-airport landings on gravel bars near the knik glacier about 20 miles east of Palmer, AK. The weather was… - [Incident 20000416017489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000416017489I), Apr 16, 2000: Aronca 15AC (N1301H), Wasilla, AK, Minor damage. (-23)On 04-16-2000 Aeronca N1301H, piloted by [privacy data omitted], made an emergency landing on the palmer hay flats. Ms. Bradley was interviewed by FAA… 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. 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