- Date
- January 24, 1984, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7286DPiper PA-18A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840124024889A
- Case key
- 4269
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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 plt stated that just prior to the eng failure, the left fuel tank 'was empty' and the right tank contained approximately 1/8 of a tank of fuel. The plt suspected fuel starvation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7286D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5706
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James M. Fejes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- CXC · Chitna, AK
- Destination
- Z38 · Sky Harbor, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 166 in this make and model · 164 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 6 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.
Other investigations on N7286D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.