- Date
- June 20, 1985, 22:30 local (Jun 21, 1985, 06:30 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3684ZPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850620027059A
- Case key
- 4508
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Planning/decision - improperCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt stated that he was making an apch to the arpt when the acft ran out of fuel. Subsequently, the acft crash landed about 1-1/2 mi nw of the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3684Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187416
- Airframe hours
- 220
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lorn Simpson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1984 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- CLP · Clark Point, AK
- Airport
- AKN · King Salmon, runway 29, 8,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
N3684ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 180 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKN, 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.
Other investigations on N3684Z · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC98LA077Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to correct engine/propeller torque and P factor, and the subsequent loss of directional control during the takeoff roll. Factors associated with the accident are the narrow, confined, takeoff area, and bordering high vegetation.NTSB SEA67D0076Accident · No injuriesClosedBillings, MTNTSB SEA66D0203Accident · No injuriesClosedBillings, MT