- Date
- June 23, 1982, 06:08 local (14:08 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2635SCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820623024579A
- Case key
- 70648
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - sand barFactor
Analysis
The acft departed emmonak at 0157 adt. While approaching Fairbanks the engine quit & the acft nosed over during an emergency landing on a mudflat. No useable fuel was found in the fuel tanks & the fuel lines were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2635S
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502253
- Airframe hours
- 1,975
- Engine
- Continental IO-520D, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Wickwire
- Registered owner
- Thomas Wickwire
- Departed
- Emmonak, AK
- Destination
- Chamberlain Lak, ME
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,123 total · 1,123 in this make and model · 1,023 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.