# Accident 20010616027159A: Piper PA32R301, Egegik, AK, June 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2001, 19:30 local time
- Place: Egegik, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.1883° N, 157.3811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1883&lon=-157.3811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8096V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8096V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616027159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 16, 2001, ABOUT 1930 AST, A PIPER PA-32R, N8096V, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A LANDING AT THE EGEGIK AIRPORT, AGEGIK, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN KING SALMON, AK. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 29, THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES AND HE LANDED ABOUT 75 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN AN AREA OF SOFT GROUND. THE PILOT HAS ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD LANDED THERE, AND BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MARKED HE COULD NOT TELL THAT IT WAS A SOFT AREA.

## 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 ANC01LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA071), Jun 17, 2001: Piper PA-32R (N8096V), Egegik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Factors in the accident were a soft area of runway, and sunglare.

## Other reports on N8096V (1)

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

- [Incident 19841216075449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841216075449I), Dec 16, 1984: Piper PA32R301 (N8096V), Ada, OK, Minor damage. Landed on runway under construction. Struck surveying pins with bottom of wings.

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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