- Date
- April 24, 1985, 20:45 local (Apr 25, 1985, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1716ZCessna 336
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850424015829A
- Case key
- 4404
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
Witness near the crash site stated that both aircraft engines were stopped prior to the accident. The plt reported that before taking off, the fuel quantity gages indicated there was sufficient fuel for the flight, the plt did not preflightthe aircraft. Examination of the tanks revealed a total of three gallons of fuel on board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1716Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 336
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3660016
- Airframe hours
- 2,979
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregory Jennings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1984 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- Z15 · Chugiak, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 384 total · 6 in this make and model · 292 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 2 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.