# Accident 20000412042229A: Piper PA28140, Dillingham, AK, April 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.2394° N, 158.6193° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2394&lon=-158.6193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6119W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6119W-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 10 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000412042229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 12, 2000, AT 1300 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-28-140 AIRPLANE, N6119W, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT CRASHED ON CHIKUMINUK LAKE AT 6013N, 15902W. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 21 AS A FERRY FLIGHT. THE PILOT LEFT NAKNEK FOR BETHEL FOR MAINTENANCE. HE ENCOUNTERED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WHILE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS NW OF DILLINGHAM, THE PILOT HANDED THE CONTROLS OVER TO THE PASSENGER SO HE COULD LOOK AT HIS CHARTS. THE PASSENGER INADVERDENTLY DESCENDED AND CRASHED ONTO THE SNOW-COVERED LAKE. INFORMATION FOR BLOCK 29 IS IN PROGRESS, PILOT IS NOT BEING COOPERATIVE.

## 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 ANC00LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA041), Apr 12, 2000: Piper PA-28 (N6119W), Aleknagik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The first pilot's (pilot-in-command) inadequate evaluation of the weather, and failure to maintain an adequate altitude above the ground. Factors in the accident were low ceilings, and snow-covered…

## Other reports on N6119W (1)

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

- [Accident 19960817025829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817025829A), Aug 17, 1996: Piper PA28140 (N6119W), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on a soft beach, nose sank in soft sand. Damage gear prop firewall and wing. Student had a passenger.

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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