Accident · 1989-07-29

NTSB case ANC89FA130 · CESSNA 180A · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-07-29
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 180A (N9681B)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHILE MANEUVERING BACK TOWARD THE LAKE WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. THE HOUSE & TREES WERE CONSIDERED TO BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

Source: NTSB case ANC89FA130

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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