- Date
- July 7, 1985, 21:10 local (Jul 8, 1985, 05:10 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8700ZCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850707031859A
- Case key
- 4522
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
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Aircraft manuals,performance information - inadequateFactor
Forced landing
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Engine failed at 200 ft AGL, due to fuel starvation. Plt attempted to reach lake, & crashed in trees at edge of lake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8700Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502896
- Airframe hours
- 3,567
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dan Lee Older
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1985
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
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 sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,980 total · 430 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 30 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N8700Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.