- Date
- September 6, 1988, 20:15 local (Sep 7, 1988, 04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Figure 8 Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2483FCessna 180H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880906039299A
- Case key
- 5069
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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 private pilot and his passenger were uninjured following a forced landing on a survey trail. The pilot related that the airplane ran out of fuel, and nosed-over during the landing roll on the soft soil. He said that he did not visually inspect the airplane's fuel tanks prior to departure, but thought he had sufficient fuel for the local flight looking for moose. A reveiw of the pilot's records show that his last FAA medical certificate had expired six years prior to the flight, and that he had not accomplished a biennial flight review within the proceeding 24 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2483F
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051685
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tovsen, Mark A.
- Registered owner
- Tovsen, Mark A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Z41 · Anchorage, 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 500 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °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 N2483F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.