- Date
- October 31, 1983, 14:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4448PCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831031055789A
- Case key
- 39848
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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Analysis
The plt reported that during the preflt, he thought the fuel gauges read full. He did not visually check the fuel tanks. After takeoff, the acft was aprx 2500 ft & 4 mi from the arpt, when the plt realize the plane had very little fuel on board. He turned back to land, however, the eng lost power before the plane reached the arpt. During a forced landing in a river bottom, the left main gear struck a drain ditch. The left main gear, left wing, eng cowl & propeller were damaged.
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
- N4448P
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31950
- Airframe hours
- 4,225
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne Tarbox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 9, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Airport
- JNU · Juneau International, runway 8, 8,456 × 150 ft, gravel
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,804 total · 2 in this make and model · 4,704 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JNU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.