# Accident 19810902082669A: Piper PA32301, Kenai, AK, September 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1981, 13:55 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EOMA
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4258N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4258N-2013-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,380 total, 360 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810902082669A

## Narrative

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

LOST PART OF PROPELLER BLADE. LANDED DOWNWIND ON A SAND BAR. WIPED OUT GEAR FAILURE AT FILED PROPELLER NICK.

## 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 ANC81FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA105), Sep 2, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N4258N), Lk Clark Pass, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4258N (1)

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

- [Incident 19910408039199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910408039199I), Apr 8, 1991: Piper PA32301 (N4258N), Eek, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft was landed with part of right gear missing. Bolt holding torque link knuckle was missing.

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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