# Accident 20090410025119A: Piper PA-32-300, Nunapitchuk, AK, April 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2009, 11:10 local time
- Place: Nunapitchuk, AK
- Airport: Nunapitchuk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNYC
- Location: 60.9061° N, 162.4406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9061&lon=-162.4406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43551, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43551-2017-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,178 total, 1,588 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090410025119A

## Narrative

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

SINGLE PILOT WITH ONLY CARGO DEPARTED BET. FOR 20 MIN. FLIGHT WITH COMPANY PROVIDED WX. BRIEFING AND W&B WITHIN C.G. LIMITS. AT MIDWAY POINT AIRCRAFT PASSED THRU SNOW "SQUALL LINE" PILOT MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED THE WRONG REFERENCE LINE OF TREES AND ADJUSTED ENGINE POWER WITH FLAP SETTINGS FOR APPROACH DURING DESCENT. USING THE CAPSTONE SYSTEM, DETERMINED MISTAKE AND CONTINUED WITHOUT CONFIGURATION CHANGE FOR THREE MORE MILES BEFORE VERIFYING ARRIVAL AIRPORT WITH THE BLOWING SNOW FROM THE NORTH ON THE RUNWAY. AGAIN REDUCED POWER WITH ADDITIONAL FLAPS FOR A DOWNWIND LANDING. DURING THE LATE TURN TO FINALSET FLAPS TO FULL WHILE BELOW APROACH ALTITUDE TO ATTEMPT "SLIP BACK". THE RESULTING "STALL" RESULTED IN FALLING ON RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC09LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09LA030), Apr 10, 2009: Piper PA-32-300 (N43551), Nunapitchuk, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during the landing approach.

## Other reports on N43551 (1)

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

- [Accident 20010620035699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010620035699A), Jun 20, 2001: Piper PA32300 (N43551), Eek, AK, Substantial damage. (-23)On June 19, 2001, Piper PA-32-300, N43551 departed quinhkgak, Alaska enroute back to bethel, alaksa when the engine surged and quit approximately 500 feet…

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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