- Date
- September 12, 1983, 20:45 local (Sep 13, 1983, 04:45 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8273GCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830912050039A
- Case key
- 4171
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with wires and crashed tail first inverted during a forced landing after the engine stopped. The plt said he was descending from 1200 ft to 600 ft for ft hood segment when engine quit. The weather ws VMC. The plt tried to make it to mud flats with his float plane but appeared to be short so he diverted to an open area. He saw the wires too late. The pilot believed he may have run a tank dry before switching the tank selector.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8273G
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20603785
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Anschuetz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1983 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 81 in this make and model · 380 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.