Cessna 180H N2483F

Summary

On 7 September 1988 at about 04:15 local time, a Cessna 180H registered N2483F, operated by Tovsen, Mark A., was involved in an accident near Figure 8 Lake, 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

7 September 1988 at 04:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Figure 8 Lake, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 180H

Registration

N2483F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Tovsen, Mark A.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC88LA128

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 PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED FOLLOWING A FORCED LANDING ON A SURVEY TRAIL. THE PILOT RELATED THAT THE AIRPLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL, AND NOSED-OVER DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON THE SOFT SOIL. HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT VISUALLY INSPECT THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, BUT THOUGHT HE HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT LOOKING FOR MOOSE. A REVEIW OF THE PILOT'S RECORDS SHOW THAT HIS LAST FAA MEDICAL CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED SIX YEARS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, AND THAT HE HAD NOT ACCOMPLISHED A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW WITHIN THE PROCEEDING 24 MONTHS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.