- Date
- March 22, 1986, 18:19 local (22:19 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5892BCessna 172-G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4645
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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
Fuel system - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Overconfidence in aircraft's abilityFactor
Performance data - not understoodCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Analysis
The plt stated that during the return from a x-country flt the acft ran out of fuel one-half mile from the rwy. Post acc exam revealed that both fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5892B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172-G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253561
- Airframe hours
- 3,105
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald Louis Hansen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1985 · 175 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 394 total · 327 in this make and model · 337 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI