# NTSB ANC83LA170: Cessna 206, N8273G, Anchorage, AK, September 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 12, 1983, 20:45 local (Sep 13, 1983, 04:45 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.220966, -149.850158 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2210&lon=-149.8502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4171/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA170

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20603785
- Airframe hours: 1200
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830912050039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830912050039A), Sep 12, 1983: Cessna 206CESSNA, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit after departing a lake. Struck a powerline and crashed inverted. Fuel mismanagement. No engine defects.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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