# Accident 20250202001829A: Cessna 182F, Anchorage, AK, February 2, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2025, 13:54 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2164° N, 149.8223° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2164&lon=-149.8223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3206U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3206U-2026-10-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,544 total, 855 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250202001829A

## Narrative

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

PIC DESCRIBED ENGINE EGT SPIKE DURING DOWNWIND LEG OF APPROACH TO LANDING AFTER FLIGHT TO CANTWELL AREA AND BACK WITH NO STOPS ENROUTE. HE ALSO DESCRIBED POWER LOSS. HE STATED HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT WITH MINOR OR SHORT TERM ENGINE SYMPTOM IMPROVEMENT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE DIED AND HE GLIDED TO LANDING IN THE NORTHWAY MALL PARKING LOT. CURBS RUNNING PERPENDICULAR TO LANDING DIRECTION SHEARED NOSE GEAR FROM AIRCRAFT. THE PIC AND PASSENGER EXITED AIRCRAFT AFTER ALL MOVEMENT STOPPED WITH NO INJURIES. RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM NTSB IIC SJ THAT SHE HAD ATTENDED AN ENGINE INSPECTION OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WITH AN NTSB CONTRACTED A&P MECHANIC. INSPECTION WAS ESSENTIALLY A 100 HOUR INSPECTION IN HER WORDS. THERE WERE NO NEGATIVE FINDINGS FROM THAT INSPECTION AND NO APPARENT ENGINE DAMAGE OR DISCREPANCIES THAT WOULD INDICATE A REASON FOR THE INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN.

## 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 ANC25LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA017), Feb 2, 2025: Cessna 182F (N3206U), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in fuel starvation and a total loss of engine power.

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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