- Date
- August 10, 1983, 13:39 local (21:39 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N231Camair 480
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830810043529A
- Case key
- 4048
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After about 1 hr of flt time, both engs of the acft lost power as the plt was on a base leg of the traffic pattern for a landing. Subsequently, the plt was unable to reach the rwy & the gear collapsed while he was landing short of the rwy. Reportedly, the left eng had lost all power, but the right eng was still at 1500 to 1600 RPM when the plane crashed. The plt said that the main fuel selectors were positioned to the main tank & the boost pumps were on. An exam revealed that the main tank was empty. The left & right tip tanks contained 8 & 10 gal of fuel, respectively. Water was found in fuel samples taken from the tip tanks & in the carburetor bowl.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231
- Reported as
- Camair 480
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1-067
- Airframe hours
- 1,662
- Engine
- Continental O-470-D, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frederick Patterson Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage, runway 32, 10,496 × 150 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Observed at
- ANC, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.