# Incident 19960615024409I: Piper PA23250, Gustavus, AK, June 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1996, 13:15 local time
- Place: Gustavus, AK
- Airport: Gustavus
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.4253° N, 135.7074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GUSTAVUS (GST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.4253&lon=-135.7074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88SS-2011-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960615024409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 15, 1996 AT 1315 ADT A PIPER PA-23-250, N88SS REGISTERED TO AND PILOTED BY DR. MICHAEL W. OGBORNE MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING WITH THE #2L ENGINE INOPERATIVE AT GUSTAVUS, ALASKA. AFTER FUELING THE AIRCRAFT A PALMER, ALASKA ON JUNE 15, 1996 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PLANNER WITH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR JUNEAU. THE PILOT REPORTED WHILE FLYING OVER GUSTAVUS THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER FROM THE #2 ENGINE. THE PILOT DISCONTINUED FLIGHT TO JUNEAU AND ELECTED TO LAND AT GUSTAVUS. THE MECHANIC THAT ACCOMPLISHED THE REPAIRS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FUEL WAS CONTAMINATE WITH WATER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS IN PROGRESS.

## Other reports on N88SS (2)

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

- [Incident 19850222008649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850222008649I), Feb 22, 1985: Piper PA23250 (N88SS), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Unsafe gear indication and unable to extend right main by any means. Right main remained in wheel well.
- [Incident 19780222000659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780222000659I), Feb 22, 1978: Piper PA23250 (N88SS), Marshalltown, IA, Minor damage. Pilot drifted off side of the runway after touchdown in a crosswind on a snow covered runway.

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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