- Date
- April 24, 1986, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Soldotna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78564Piper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860424013509A
- Case key
- 4654
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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,line - starvationCause
Fuel supply - delayedCause
Flight manuals - disregardedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Analysis
The pilot stated that the aircraft is not equipped with a header tank on the fuel system. The engine was starved of fuel when in a shallow dive.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78564
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 123939
- Airframe hours
- 2,234
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald E. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 23, 1977 · 665 hours before
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,236 total · 575 in this make and model · 1,112 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °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 N78564 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.