- Date
- June 30, 1985, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N168ZDouglas DC-3
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850630031189A
- Case key
- 4417
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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
During an instrument apch, the acft's right eng lost power. The plt moved the right fuel selector to the left main tank & began emergency procedures. Shortly after that, the acft broke out of the overcast & the aircrew saw the arpt. However, the left eng also lost power. The captain noted the fuel pressure was dropping & elected to land on tundra beside a road. During the landing, the acft was substantially damaged. No fuel was found in the acft during an exam of the fuel system. The captain noted that the left fuel cap was missing after the accident, but he did not see any fuel stains on the wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N168Z
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4316384
- Airframe hours
- 18,000
- Engine
- P&W R-1830-92, 1,045 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William C. Crawford, doing business as Northern Peninsula Fisheries
- Registered owner
- Northern Peninsula Fisheries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1985 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- AKN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AKN · King Salmon, runway 29, 8,500 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,250 total · 1,125 in this make and model · 4,170 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKN, 3 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.