# NTSB ANC86LA039: Cessna 172-G, N5892B, Anchorage, AK, March 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 22, 1986, 18:19 local (22:19 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.220401, -149.850357 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2204&lon=-149.8504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4645
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC86LA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4645/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA039

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fuel system - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in aircraft's ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - performance data - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172-G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17253561
- Airframe hours: 3105
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 53; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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