# Accident 19930804027699A: Piper PA32R300, Atigun Pass, AK, August 4, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1993, 14:38 local time
- Place: Atigun Pass, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: YADA
- Location: 64.8099° N, 147.7192° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8099&lon=-147.7192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N477JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N477JC-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,217 total, 142 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC93FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930804027699A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO FLY THROUGH S TURN PASS FIRST TIME IN MVFR. IMPACTED CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAINSIDE. ADVISED NOT TO TRY PASS.

## 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 ANC93FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93FA134), Aug 4, 1993: Piper PA-32R-300 (N477JC), Atigun Pass, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INTENTIONAL VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND HIS UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. FACTORS WERE THE RAIN AND FOG.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.