- Date
- October 12, 1985, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53ATArtic S-1B2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19851012051359A
- Case key
- 4618
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.
Analysis
The engine failure was due to a line cap loose in the baffled portion of the tank near the outlet lines. The pilot stated the aircraft engine quit at 1000 feet he then attempted an emergency landing in a school yard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53AT
- Reported as
- Artic S-1B2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1004
- Airframe hours
- 552
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard N. Sutliff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 286 in this make and model · 425 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °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.