# Accident 19811017068329A: Piper PA32260, Port Heiden, AK, October 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Port Heiden, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 56.9326° N, 158.6250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Heiden, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9326&lon=-158.6250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3578W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3578W-1983-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,450 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811017068329A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO PASS IN MARGINAL WEATHER. MADE TURN AROUND, FLEW UP WRONG CANYON. UNABLE TO TURN OR OUTCLIMB TERRAIN.

## 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 ANC82DA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA004), Oct 17, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N3578W), Port Heiden, AK, substantial damage

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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