- Date
- August 22, 1989, 11:51 local (19:51 UTC)
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N202TPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890822031509A
- Case key
- 5245
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's improper fuel consumption calculations, improper inflight planning, and decisions.
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 airplane ran out of fuel. The student pilot then attempted an emergency landing on a road. After the landing roll-out the airplane struck a row of trees. The student pilot was operating the airplane with both an expired student and medical certificate. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2316
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Odegard, Ted
- Registered owner
- Joseph Ward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 450 in this make and model · 440 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °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.
Other investigations on N202T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.