# NTSB Accident ANC98LA022
> **Piper PA-18** · 1998-02-23 · TYONEK, AK, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC98LA022
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09505
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-02-23
- **Location:** TYONEK, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.080993, -151.159332
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-18
- **Registration:** N1379A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR over-the-top operation, becoming lost/disoriented, his inadequate in-flight planning/decision making, and subsequent fuel exhaustion.  Factors in the accident were the presence of a cloud layer below the pilot's selected altitude, the pilot's spatial disorientation, the pilot's lack of night flying experience, dark night conditions, and the lack of instrument panel illumination.

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