Champion 7GCBC N3059G

Summary

On 12 September 1988 at about 06:20 local time, a Champion 7GCBC registered N3059G, operated by Rinio, Martin R., was involved in an accident near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 September 1988 at 06:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

64.0107, -144.6805

Aircraft

Champion 7GCBC

Registration

N3059G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rinio, Martin R.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brooks Range → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ANC88LA135

Nobody was injured.

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 PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS SON WERE RETURNING FROM A HUNTING TRIP WHEN THE AIRPLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON AN UNLIGHTED ROADWAY AND STRUCK A TELEPHONE WIRE OR SMALL POWERLINE DURING THE APPROACH. THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD ON THE ROAD, AND BOUNCED OFF THE ROADWAY AND INTO THE ADJOINING BRUSH. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE HAD ELECTED TO DEVIATE AROUND AN AREA OF MARGINAL VFR WEATHER, AND USED A GREATER AMOUNT OF FUEL THAN ANTICIPATED. THE AIRPLANE LANDED ABOUT TWO MILES SHORT OF ITS INTENDED DESTINATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.