# Accident 19870507014099A: Piper PA31350, Nightmute, AK, May 7, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1987, 14:15 local time
- Place: Nightmute, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YUAA
- Location: 60.4899° N, 164.8106° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4899&lon=-164.8106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54265 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,040 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC87FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870507014099A

## Narrative

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

PLANE STRUCK TUNDRA WHILE ATTEMPTING VFR FLIGHT IN IFR CONDITIONS. NO RECORD OF WEATHER BRIEF. POSSIBLE WHITEOUT.

## 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 ANC87FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87FA067), May 7, 1987: Piper PA-31-350 (N54265), Nightmute, 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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