# Accident 20080401831969A: Piper PA32301, Koliganek, AK, April 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2008, 15:30 local time
- Place: Koliganek, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 59.6167° N, 157.5117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6167&lon=-157.5117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8327S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8327S-2008-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 33 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080401831969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THE WEATHER WAS GOING DOWN. HE DECIDED TO TURN AROUND. HE THOUGHT ABOUT CALLING THE VILLAGE AGENT TO TELL HIM HE WAS RETURNING, BUT DECIDED TO TURN AROUND FIRST. AT THIS POINT HE IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.

## 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 ANC08LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08LA046), Apr 1, 2008: Piper PA-32 (N8327S), Koliganek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's VFR flight into adverse weather conditions that resulted in a collision with snow-covered terrain during a turn to reverse direction. Factors contributing to the accident were low…

## Other reports on N8327S (3)

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

- [Incident 19981018034159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981018034159I), Oct 18, 1998: Piper PA32301 (N8327S), Egegik, AK, Minor damage. On October 18, 1998, at about 2120 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-32-301, N8327S, piloted by george p baumgartner and registered to peninsula airways, inc.,…
- [Accident 19930129005629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930129005629A), Jan 29, 1993: Piper PA32301 (N8327S), Port Heiden, AK, Substantial damage. Nr 3 intake valve broke. Valve passed thru piston causing extensive internal engine damage. Landed on frozen tundra
- [Incident 19830120003809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830120003809I), Jan 20, 1983: Piper PA32301 (N8327S), Woodbridge, VA, Minor damage. Struck tree tops on approach to a night landing. Went around and landed. NOTAM on tree obstructions.

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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