- Date
- January 28, 1990, 17:33 local (21:33 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8849TCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900128001219A
- Case key
- 5282
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
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. Factors related to the accident were: the obstructions (utility pole, power line & fence) in the emergency landing area.
Analysis
Before the flt, 15 gal of fuel was added to the acft to bring the fuel on board to about 25 gal. Due to snow on the ground, more fuel than normal was used to get the acft 'unstuck.' The acft was then flown to the destn arpt. While on a base leg to land, the eng lost power. Subsequently, during an emergency landing, the acft struck a utility pole, power line & a fence. After the acdnt, aprx 2-3/4 gal of fuel was found in the acft. About 3-1/2 gal of the fuel supply was considered to be usable in level flt only.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8849T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52749
- Airframe hours
- 4,368
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- David Mock
- Registered owner
- Gene Fauser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special flight (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1986 · 354 hours before
- Departed
- Chakachamna Lk, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 6, 2,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Military, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,385 total · 16 in this make and model · 3,243 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 9 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 1 nm away
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 N8849T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.