- Date
- September 12, 1990, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N180EPCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900912039039A
- Case key
- 5447
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper in-flight planning and ultimate fuel exhaustion.
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 pilot stated that the airplane ran out of fuel during the flight. The pilot then made an emergency landing on the tundra. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180EP
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50719
- Airframe hours
- 4,223
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edwin D. Ross
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1990 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Ugashic River, 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 777 total · 205 in this make and model · 682 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point -0 °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.