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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA32R301 · Skagway, AK · August 11, 1981

Date
August 11, 1981 · 19:15 local
Place
Skagway, AK
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8224Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81FA095
Reported as
Piper PA32R301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
5
Pilot’s flight hours
1,558 total0 in this make and model100 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.

Aircraft's right wing impacted a boulder while exiting mouth of 3000 foot deep canyon.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING IMPACTED A BOULDER WHILE EXITING MOUTH OF 3000 FOOT DEEP CANYON.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.