- Date
- August 22, 1984, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Murphy Dome, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1067HAeronca 15AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840822042789A
- Case key
- 4336
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.
Analysis
The CFI said the engine quit in 'straight and level flight' & 'acted like fuel starvation.' The prop was windmilling. Restarts were attempted without success. A forced landing was made in a wooded area. The landing was cushioned by the acft floats and wings. The cfis flt time in the make acft was 9 hrs. No fuel system malfunction was found after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1067H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15AC86
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Continental C-145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard J. Tomany
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1983 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- Big Mintu Lake, 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,100 total · 9 in this make and model · 11,015 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °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.