- Date
- June 16, 1989, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6908DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890616034399A
- Case key
- 5114
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot and fuel exhaustion.
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
Drg flt, the plt rprtd the acft was low on fuel. He indicated he was going to ditch the acft in cook inlet, about one mile off shore, near 'west forelands.' Neither the acft nor the occupants were found, except a main wheel & strut were found in the water near cape ninilchick that matched the color & description of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6908D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 224835
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson, William
- Registered owner
- William Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Port Alsworth, AK
- Destination
- SXQ · Soldotna, 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,350 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.