# Accident 19850214027249A: Piper PA31, Port Heiden, AK, February 14, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1985, 19:00 local time
- Place: Port Heiden, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 56.9594° N, 158.5797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9594&lon=-158.5797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63719 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,427 total, 2,250 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC85FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850214027249A

## Narrative

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

HIT MOUNTAIN 23 MILES EAST OF COURSE IN LOW CEILING AND VISIBILITY. MAY HAVE USED INACCURATE LORAN RADIO GUIDANCE.

## 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 ANC85FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85FA047), Feb 14, 1985: Piper PA-31 (N63719), Port Heiden, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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