# Accident 19871027065419A: Piper PA32300, Larsen Bay, AK, October 27, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1987, 10:15 local time
- Place: Larsen Bay, AK
- Airport: Larsen Bay Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 57.5351° N, 153.9767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LARSEN BAY (2A3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5351&lon=-153.9767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2585M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2585M-1994-03-16) (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 IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,917 total, 433 in this make and model, 281 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC88LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871027065419A

## Narrative

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

HIGH SINK RATE ON FINAL NOT CHECKED BY PILOT RESULTED IN GROUND IMPACT SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC88LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA014), Oct 27, 1987: Piper PA32 (N2585M), Larsen Bay, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2585M (2)

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

- [Accident 19890706025319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890706025319A), Jul 6, 1989: Piper PA32300 (N2585M), Queens Cannery, AK, Substantial damage. Downdraft on short final severed landing gear on a berm short of runway and slid to a stop on runway minus gear.
- [Incident 19890628053899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890628053899I), Jun 28, 1989: Piper PA32300 (N2585M), Egegik, AK. Propeller struck wing tip of parked aircraft while repositioning aircraft on ramp.

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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