# NTSB ANC84LA134: Aeronca 15AC, N1067H, Murphy Dome, AK, August 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1984, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Murphy Dome, AK
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4336
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA134
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4336/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA134

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - fuel system - undetermined (cause)
  - carburetor heat - not identified, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - terrain condition - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1067H), registered now, S/N 15AC-86 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 15AC
- Registry model: [Aeronca 15AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-15ac) (registry code 0191202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C145 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (registry code 17012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15AC86
- Airframe hours: 1700
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840822042789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840822042789A), Aug 22, 1984: Aronca 15AC, Murphy Dome, AK, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit for unknown reasons.

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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