- Date
- July 15, 1986, 21:00 local (Jul 16, 1986, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6336ECessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860715032679A
- Case key
- 40445
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was attempting to land when the engine ceased operating as the throttle was advanced. Subsequently, the acft struck an embankment short of the runway. The plt had selected the right fuel tank, although the normal procedures in the operating manual stated that the fuel selector should have been on both. An exam revealed that the right fuel tank was empty, but the left fuel tank contained aprx 8 gal of fuel. The plt stated that the fuel gages had provided a false indication; he had selected the right tank since the fuel gage indicated it had more fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6336E
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504027
- Airframe hours
- 1,475
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Malcomb A. Menzies
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Destination
- KTN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KTN · Ketchikan Intn'L, runway 29, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 300 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.