- Date
- July 26, 1986, 23:15 local (Jul 27, 1986, 07:15 UTC)
- Place
- Umiat, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3366ZPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860726039609A
- Case key
- 4703
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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
Pilot stated the engine quit due to fuel exhaustion during final approach, forcing him to land on a short unsuitable gravel bar. Aircraft nosed over upon landing and came to rest in 10 feet of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3366Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-7307
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Wiseman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- UMT · Umiat, AK
- Destination
- BTT · Bettles, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 168 total · 79 in this make and model · 136 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N3366Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.