ANC80IA036

NTSB incident investigation · Cessna 207 · Russian Msn, AK · March 15, 1980

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 15, 1980
Place
Russian Msn, AK · RUSSIAN MSN, AK
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N1749UCessna 207
Status
Completed · report April 1, 1980
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19800315045899I
Case key
131682

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

On this page

NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5-0002  80/3/15    RUSSIAN MSN,AK      CESSNA 207          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3108
        TIME - 1100                    N1749U              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-CARGO            TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSIAN MISSION
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BETHEL,AK                   MARSHALL,AK                  RUSSIAN MSN,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
           TERRAIN - ICY
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- RAN TANK DRY DRG STEEP DESCENT FOR LDG.UN RESTART IN TIME TO REACH RWY.

Aircraft

Registration
N1749U
Reported as
Cessna 207
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Russian Mission

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Other investigations on N1749U · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.