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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-301 · King Cove, AK · April 26, 2010

Date
April 26, 2010 · 15:30 local
Place
King Cove, AK
Airport
King Cove
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PNSA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8305H
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC10LA032
Reported as
Piper PA-32-301
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
1,582 total301 in this make and model128 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Most recent METAR information from ena fss for pavc, at 262256Z, included winds 25014G43KT. Above end of runway 25, approx. 500' AGL, lost airspeed, lost altitude, applied full power but was only able to flare. Contacted runway resulting in substantial damage not limited to: loss of right main landing gear wheel and tire assembly, loss of the entire left main landing gear asssembly, loss of the lower half of the nose landing gear assembly, propeller strike and engine damage. Skidded to a stop on the runway, approx. halfway down the length. Pilot and all four passengers evacuated without injuries.

As the FAA filed it

MOST RECENT METAR INFORMATION FROM ENA FSS FOR PAVC, AT 262256Z, INCLUDED WINDS 25014G43KT. ABOVE END OF RUNWAY 25, APPROX. 500' AGL, LOST AIRSPEED, LOST ALTITUDE, APPLIED FULL POWER BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO FLARE. CONTACTED RUNWAY RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE NOT LIMITED TO: LOSS OF RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY, LOSS OF THE ENTIRE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSSEMBLY, LOSS OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY, PROPELLER STRIKE AND ENGINE DAMAGE. SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY, APPROX. HALFWAY DOWN THE LENGTH. PILOT AND ALL FOUR PASSENGERS EVACUATED WITHOUT INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

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