# Accident 19950630015809A: Piper PA32301, Kodiak, AK, June 30, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1995, 20:00 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiak Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENTA
- Location: 57.7907° N, 152.4005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7907&lon=-152.4005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8385G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8385G-1998-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,573 total, 213 in this make and model, 259 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC95FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950630015809A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TERRAIN NEAR EXIT OF BASKIN PASS. SHIFTING STRATUS IN AREA. OTHER AIRCRAFT PRECEEDED THRU PASS SAFELY.

## 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 ANC95FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95FA090), Jul 1, 1995: Piper PA-32-301 (N8385G), Kodiak, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S ATTEMPT TO FLY VFR INTO IMC CONDITIONS AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM TERRAIN. FACTORS INCLUDE FOG AND LOW CEILINGS.

## Other reports on N8385G (2)

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

- [Incident 19880501046789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880501046789I), May 1, 1988: Piper PA32301 (N8385G), Larsen Bay, AK, Minor damage. While taxiing nose wheel and axle separated from gear causing prop to hit grave. Self locking nut off axle bolt.
- [Incident 19830118060899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830118060899I), Jan 18, 1983: Piper PA32301 (N8385G), Ouzinkie, AK, Minor damage. Struck a snow berm short of the runway on landing. Pilot blamed a windshear condition.

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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