19821111060089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32300 · Seward, AK · November 11, 1982

Date
November 11, 1982 · 15:00 local
Place
Seward, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4082W
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83LA018
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,100 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Landed hard on rough rocky beach. Collapsed landing gear. Wave action at high tide destroyed aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED HARD ON ROUGH ROCKY BEACH. COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR. WAVE ACTION AT HIGH TIDE DESTROYED AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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