# NTSB ANC85FA070: Cessna 336, N1716Z, Anchorage, AK, April 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 24, 1985, 20:45 local (Apr 25, 1985, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.160663, -149.990798 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1607&lon=-149.9908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (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): 4404
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85FA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4404/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA070

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fuel supply - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight manuals - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1716Z-2011-04-27), registration cancelled 2011-04-27, S/N 3360016, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 336
- Registry model: [Cessna 336](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-336) (registry code 2075602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3660016
- Airframe hours: 2979
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850424015829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850424015829A), Apr 24, 1985: Cessna 336, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel. Struck a pole landing in parking lot. Small amount of contaminated auto fuel in a auxiliary tank.

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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