# Accident 19911213056359A: Piper PA31T3, Ninilchik, AK, December 13, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1991, 19:07 local time
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Airport: Ninilchik Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SOCA
- Location: 60.0695° N, 151.4208° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0695&lon=-151.4208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N307SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N307SC-1997-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T3 (registry code 7103128, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T3
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,425 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC92FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911213056359A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ANC92FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92FA083), Dec 13, 1991: Piper PA-31T3, T1040 (N307SC), Ninilchik, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N307SC (1)

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

- [Incident 19910110002859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910110002859I), Jan 10, 1991: Piper PA31T3 (N307SC), Anchorage, AK. Taxied off runway onto taxiway and became stuck in snow plow berm on taxiway.

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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