- Date
- September 1, 1990, 21:52 local (Sep 2, 1990, 05:52 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7651SChampion 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900901037889A
- Case key
- 5442
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
Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot-in-command's improper preflight preparation and planning.
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 and the pilot elected to ditch into the ocean. The aircraft was substantially damaged and sank into 200 feet of water. The pilot and one passenger were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7651S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 116676
- Airframe hours
- 2,208
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Weimer, Jason
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1990 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 15 in this make and model · 115 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.