- Date
- November 4, 1985, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wrangell, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15721Cessna 180D
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851104074259A
- Case key
- 40331
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
A forced landing was made onto muskeg due to a total loss of power. The pilot had just completed a 180 degree turn away from a fog bank when the engine quit. The left fuel tank contained 7 1/2 gallons and the right fuel tank contained 1 1/2 quarts of fuel. The engine was test ran after the accident and ran normally. The engine failure was probably due to fuel flow interuption from the 180 turn.
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
- N15721
- Reported as
- Cessna 180D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18051018
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tamico Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Grief Island, AK
- Destination
- SPB · Petersburg, AK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.