19871223080069A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Kenai, AK · December 23, 1987

Date
December 23, 1987 · 06:11 local
Place
Kenai, AK
Airport
Kenai Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N496SC
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA88MA011
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
6
Pilot’s flight hours
14,500 total86 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.

Lost left engine on climbout. Flaps were down gear up mushed into trees rolled and crashed inverted into a house.

As the FAA filed it

LOST LEFT ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. FLAPS WERE DOWN GEAR UP MUSHED INTO TREES ROLLED AND CRASHED INVERTED INTO A HOUSE.

NTSB investigation

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