- Date
- June 16, 1986, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70438Cessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860616025249A
- Case key
- 4679
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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 - misjudgedCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityCause
Analysis
Airplane ran out of fuel on one tank. Altitude was too low to restart on other tank prior to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70438
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502170
- Airframe hours
- 2,650
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tyson H. Whittock
- Registered owner
- Terry R. Cratty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Ugashik, AK
- Destination
- AKN · King Salmon, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKN, 19 nm away
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 N70438 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.