# Accident 19820129000719A: Piper PA32300, Tuntutuliak, AK, January 29, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1982, 16:35 local time
- Place: Tuntutuliak, AK
- Airport: Tuntutuliak
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 60.3431° N, 162.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tuntutuliak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3431&lon=-162.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4246T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4246T-1988-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,115 total, 155 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820129000719A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON UNPLOWED RUNWAY WITH 9 INCHES OF SNOW. LOST CONTROL, RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 N4246T (4)

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

- [Accident 19860505016239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860505016239A), May 5, 1986: Piper PA32300 (N4246T), Atmautluak, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran out of fuel and impacted the ground. Pilot failed to monitor fuel. Pilot second class medical expired.
- [Accident 19850503017119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850503017119A), May 3, 1985: Piper PA32300 (N4246T), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Lost control attempting takeoff from slushy river strip after striking snowbank on departure end of runway.
- [Incident 19840513046019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840513046019I), May 13, 1984: Piper PA32300 (N4246T), Bethel, AK, Minor damage. Right main gear attach bolts failed on landing.
- [Accident 19821231067479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821231067479A), Dec 31, 1982: Piper PA32300 (N4246T), Nunapitchuk, AK, Substantial damage. Tried to takeoff from river ice in an area of 1100 feet. Slowed by snowdrifts, mushed into brush on shoreline.

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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