- Date
- January 16, 1988, 12:23 local (16:23 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9103WPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880116000809A
- Case key
- 4980
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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 pilot had selected the left auxiliary fuel tank for takeoff. During the climbout the engine quit; the aircraft crashed short of a private airstrip. The pilot stated that he ran the left auxiliary fuel tank dry and did not select another fuel tank with the fuel selector valve after the eng quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9103W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2810716
- Airframe hours
- 1,564
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold G.Griechen
- Registered owner
- Harold G Griechen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- O'Malley, runway 34, 1,600 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,033 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 19 °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.