19790329013279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · King Cove, AK · March 29, 1979

Date
March 29, 1979 · 16:30 local
Place
King Cove, AK
Airport
King Cove
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4074R
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,788 total665 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot tried landing during lowering weather conditions. Attempt to land on sandbar was unsucessfull,gear collapsed

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TRIED LANDING DURING LOWERING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ATTEMPT TO LAND ON SANDBAR WAS UNSUCESSFULL,GEAR COLLAPSED

Other reports on N4074R · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.