Accident · 1996-08-30
What the record says
- Event date
- 1996-08-30
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180 (N8241V)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- LAKE CLARK AIR INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- LAKE CLARK AIR INC.
Probable cause
The fuel starvation caused by the unporting of the right fuel tank, and the pilot's inadequate preflight by not dipping the fuel tank to ensure sufficient fuel quantity to prevent the unporting.
Source: NTSB case ANC96LA134Flight 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.