19820830042769A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Egegik, AK · August 30, 1982

Date
August 30, 1982 · 14:45 local
Place
Egegik, AK
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PNSA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1084X
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC82DA078
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,013 total97 in this make and model381 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft settled into alder trees off the end of the soft sod departure runway. Gusty wind and downdraft problem.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO ALDER TREES OFF THE END OF THE SOFT SOD DEPARTURE RUNWAY. GUSTY WIND AND DOWNDRAFT PROBLEM.

NTSB investigation

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