19910716027619A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Naknek, AK · July 16, 1991

Date
July 16, 1991 · 11:15 local
Place
Naknek, AK
Airport
Naknek
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PNSA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2120M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC91LA100
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total2,000 in this make and model170 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.

Downdraft on short final caused high sink rate and ground impact short of runway. Skidded sideways and rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

DOWNDRAFT ON SHORT FINAL CAUSED HIGH SINK RATE AND GROUND IMPACT SHORT OF RUNWAY. SKIDDED SIDEWAYS AND ROLLED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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