# Accident 19871223080069A: Piper PA31350, Kenai, AK, December 23, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1987, 06:11 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 60.6599° N, 150.9006° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6599&lon=-150.9006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N496SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N496SC-1991-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA88MA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88MA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871223080069A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 DCA88MA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88MA011), Dec 23, 1987: Piper PA-31-350 (N496SC), Kenai, AK, destroyed, 6 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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