- Date
- May 7, 1985, 20:34 local (May 8, 1985, 04:34 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9042MCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850507018329A
- Case key
- 4405
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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 acft ran out of fuel after the plt extended his original flt plan route to circumnavigate areas of poor weather. The acft was over water when fuel exhaustion occurred and the acft was ditched under unfavorable conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9042M
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052142
- Airframe hours
- 1,536
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen S. Hart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- LHD · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 572 total · 348 in this make and model · 514 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 25 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft
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 N9042M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.