# Accident 19810901090029A: Piper PA23250, Little Diomede, AK, September 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1981, 20:25 local time
- Place: Little Diomede, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FSAA
- Aircraft: N14348, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14348-1983-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,637 total, 412 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810901090029A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK VERTICAL ROCK CLIFFS ON FOG SHROUDED ISLAND, WHILE IN A CLIMB POSSIBLY TRYING TO CLEAR OBSTRUCTION. BURNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC82FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82FA103), Sep 1, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N14348), Ltl Diomede Is, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N14348 (2)

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

- [Incident 19790117002359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790117002359I), Jan 17, 1979: Piper PA23250 (N14348), Gambell, AK, Minor damage. Pilot aborted first landing pass retracted the gear and forgot to lower it on the second try
- [Accident 19731207041339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731207041339A), Dec 7, 1973: Piper PA23250 (N14348), Vera Cruz, Substantial damage. Investigatn undr jurisdictn of govt of Mexico.

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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