Lowther VOLMER VJ-22 N830PM

Summary

On 13 August 1983 at about 22:35 local time, a Lowther VOLMER VJ-22 registered N830PM was involved in an accident near North Pole, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 August 1983 at 22:35

Classification

Accident

Location

North Pole, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Bradley Sky Ranch (95Z)

Coordinates

64.7693, -147.3298

Aircraft

Lowther VOLMER VJ-22

Registration

N830PM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tanana → North Pole

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83FAA07

2 people were seriously 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 PILOT WAS APPROACHING THE ARPT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND HE TURNED TOWARD AN OPEN FIELD AS HE DID NOT BELIEVE THEY COULD MAKE THE RWY. HE REMEMBERS THE ACFT STALLING AND SPINNING. THE ACFT CRASHED IN AN AREA OF SCRUB TREES AND BRUSH ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES FROM THE ARPT. THE PILOT REMEMBERED THE ENGINE QUITTING AND NOTED THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND FUEL PRESSURE WAS DOWN. THE WIFE REMEMBERED THE ENGINE SOUNDED FUNNY. WHEN SHE ASKED WHAT WAS WRONG HER HUSBAND SAID 'WEARE OUT OF FUEL-BUT WE CAN'T BE.' THE PILOT MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN AND THEN STALLED. THE PREVIOUS OWNER SAID THE ACFT HAD MARGINAL CONTROL, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE YAW AXIS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.