- Date
- August 6, 1982, 17:20 local (Aug 7, 1982, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Near Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N251TPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 71839
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during flight, the engine quit when the right tank went dry. He switched the fuel selector to the left tank, but the engine would not start. Subsequently, the plane was damaged during a forced landing in a creek bottom Near powerlines. Due to the location of the powerlines, he had to land downwind. The aircraft had an endurance of 4.4 hours with 40 gallons of fuel on board. The aircraft had accumulated about 3.5 hours since it took off from its original departure point. The pilot estimated that he initiated the flight with 20 gallons of fuel.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N251T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-254
- Airframe hours
- 2,063
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Seven Star Flying Club Incorpo
- Registered owner
- Seven Star Flying Club Incorpo
- Departed
- Trapper Creek, AK
- Destination
- Ancorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,475 total · 15 in this make and model · 5,225 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F