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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Skwentna, AK · September 1, 1996

Date
September 1, 1996 · 15:05 local
Place
Skwentna, AK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
INXA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4366Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC96LA140
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total1,586 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Rough engine quit. Oil on windshield. Landed sandbar into mud. Had lost prop and part crankshaft. Severe corrosion.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE QUIT. OIL ON WINDSHIELD. LANDED SANDBAR INTO MUD. HAD LOST PROP AND PART CRANKSHAFT. SEVERE CORROSION.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.