- Date
- January 27, 1987, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- North Pole, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75LECessna 185D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870127001169A
- Case key
- 4817
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during the right downwind approach to the airstrip the aircraft ran out of fuel; the engine quit and then he attempted an emergency landing. The plt attempted to land on the rwy. Inspection revealed no fuel in the acft and the fuel gauges registered empty.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75LE
- Reported as
- Cessna 185D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-0870
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental IO-470F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth R. Mendes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · June 12, 1985
- Departed
- MTF · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Bradley Sky Ran, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 800 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 7 °F
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 N75LE · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.