# NTSB ANC90FA032: Cessna 182, N8849T, Anchorage, AK, January 28, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1990, 17:33 local (21:33 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.220199, -149.849822 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2202&lon=-149.8498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5282
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC90FA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5282/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA032

## Probable cause

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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - utility pole (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8849T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8849T-2013-07-01), registration cancelled 2013-07-01, S/N 52749, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52749
- Airframe hours: 4368
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900128001219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900128001219A), Jan 28, 1990: Cessna 182C, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel in pattern at destination. Landed in congested area. Hit powerlines and chain link fence.

## Other investigations on N8849T (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC90LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA028), Dec 8, 1989: Cessna 182 (N8849T), Chakachamna Lk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION OF THE TAKEOFF AREA BY THE PILOT, AND HIS ATTEMPT TO TAKE OFF ON UNSUITABLE TERRAIN. THE SOFT/SNOW COVERED TERRAIN WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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