- Date
- October 3, 1987, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- 45 Nw Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3128LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871003059519A
- Case key
- 4966
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel system - exhaustionCause
Aircraft preflight - not performedCause
Fuel consumption calculations - not understoodCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - tundraFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated that he believed he ran out of fuel during the IFR flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3128L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17253946
- Airframe hours
- 1,965
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- OME · Nome, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,581 total · 650 in this make and model · 6,039 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.