- Date
- July 27, 1986, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1504QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860727044039A
- Case key
- 4706
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The acft contacted a roadside embankment during a forced landing following an engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. The acft had operated 5.1 hours since it was last refueled. The acft operator reported 4.5 hours is the normal endurance for the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1504Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072804
- Airframe hours
- 3,151
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Northwind Aviation
- Registered owner
- Donald R. Parker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1986 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 58 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 3 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.