- Date
- September 3, 1987, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glennallen, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4451MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870903049049A
- Case key
- 4902
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot related that he ran out of fuel enroute to his planned refueling stop and made an emergency landing on a highway, substantially damaging the airplane. He said that the enroute portion of his flight took much longer than anticipated due to strong headwinds and turbulence. The pilot did not have a current medical certificate or biennial flight review.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4451M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 123406
- Airframe hours
- 2,503
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Danald E. Walter
- Registered owner
- Charles R. Hosack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Chistochina Ldg, AK
- Destination
- GKN · Glennallen, 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 595 total · 167 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 17 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GKN, 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.
Other investigations on N4451M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.