- Date
- July 4, 1989, 16:00 local (Jul 5, 1989, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Alsworth, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1512CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890704019469A
- Case key
- 5217
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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Probable cause
A blocked fuel line between the fuel selector and the engine which caused fuel starvation.
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) - mech failure/malf
Fuel system,line - blocked(total)Cause
Fluid,fuel - starvation
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1512C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30212
- Airframe hours
- 3,088
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 30, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Destination
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
- Airport
- Port Alsworth, runway 23, 3,000 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.