- Date
- September 11, 1988, 22:20 local (Sep 12, 1988, 06:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3059GChampion 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880911042219A
- Case key
- 5076
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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 son were returning from a hunting trip when the airplane ran out of fuel. The pilot attempted an emergency landing on an unlighted roadway and struck a telephone wire or small powerline during the approach. The airplane landed hard on the road, and bounced off the roadway and into the adjoining brush. The pilot said that he had elected to deviate around an area of marginal VFR weather, and used a greater amount of fuel than anticipated. The airplane landed about two miles short of its intended destination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3059G
- Reported as
- Champion 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 37
- Airframe hours
- 2,086
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rinio, Martin R.
- Registered owner
- Rinio, Martin R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1988 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Brooks Range, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 1,570 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.