19911213056359A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31T3 · Ninilchik, AK · December 13, 1991

Date
December 13, 1991 · 19:07 local
Place
Ninilchik, AK
Airport
Ninilchik Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
SOCA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N307SC
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC92FA083
Reported as
Piper PA31T3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A11
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
9,425 total1,900 in this make and model144 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Descended from cruise level at high rate. Impacted near vertical. Indications exceeded vne. Strong winds aloft.

As the FAA filed it

DESCENDED FROM CRUISE LEVEL AT HIGH RATE. IMPACTED NEAR VERTICAL. INDICATIONS EXCEEDED VNE. STRONG WINDS ALOFT.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N307SC · 1

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