Cessna A185F N6336E

Summary

On 16 July 1986 at about 05:00 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N6336E was involved in an accident near Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 July 1986 at 05:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ketchikan, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Ketchikan Intn'l (KTN)

Coordinates

55.6091, -131.5800

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N6336E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Juneau → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

SEA86LA171

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.