- Date
- June 15, 1991, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70148Cessna A185E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910615022079A
- Case key
- 5558
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion, the pilot's inadequate preflight and the inadequate fuel consumption calculations. Contributing to the accident was the soft terrain, and tundra.
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
During cruise flight, the engine quit. After an emergeny landing on the tundra, the airplane nosed over on its back. The pilot stated that he believed the airplane ran out of fuel. Both fuel tanks were empty after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70148
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 185-02020
- Airframe hours
- 6,557
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Flynn
- Registered owner
- David Flynn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1990 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Motlen Lake, AK
- Destination
- NONE · Naknek Lake, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 722 total · 89 in this make and model · 722 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N70148 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.