# Accident 19790329013279A: Piper PA32300, King Cove, AK, March 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: King Cove, AK
- Airport: King Cove
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 55.1164° N, 162.2665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING COVE (KVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.1164&lon=-162.2665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4074R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4074R-2009-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,788 total, 665 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790329013279A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4074R (2)

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

- [Accident 19770708039259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770708039259A), Jul 8, 1977: Piper PA32300 (N4074R), Egegik, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot landed on beach. Encountered small creek that crossed landing area.
- [Accident 19731008037749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731008037749A), Oct 8, 1973: Piper PA32300 (N4074R), Ugashik, AK, Substantial damage. Mod turb in rw,gusts to 30KTS.t/d shrt of rwy. Rwy lower than surrounding terrain.l gr separated.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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