- Date
- September 29, 1982, 16:40 local (Sep 30, 1982, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tok, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4037BBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820929055979A
- Case key
- 72826
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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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - starvation
Fuel supply - inattentiveCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Remedial action - attemptedFactor
Altitude - inadequateFactor
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The aircraft was on a low altitude VFR flight to nortway, AK. The pilot had just reversed course due to adverse weather when his auxiliary fuel tank ran dry. He switched to a main fuel tank which had fuel and turned the boost pump on, but the engine failed to restart. The aircraft collided with trees and came to rest approximately 150 feet from a highway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4037B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-30787
- Airframe hours
- 879
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald Davis
- Registered owner
- Ronald Davis
- Departed
- Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Northway, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,695 total · 203 in this make and model · 1,596 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 18 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.