Accident · 1998-12-04
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-12-04
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Stinson 10A (N36755)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- LAKE CLARK AIR INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- LAKE CLARK AIR INC. — On-demand air taxi (135) Operator Does Business As:
Probable cause
The pilot's continued operation of the airplane with known deficiencies, a failure of company maintenance personnel to replace an inoperative fuel gauge, and subsequent fuel exhaustion. Factors in the accident were siphoning of fuel from the right wing fuel cap, and slush covered terrain.
Source: NTSB case ANC99LA015Flight 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.