# Accident 20100808043869A: Piper PA-32-260, Palmer, AK, August 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.3733° N, 147.8364° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3733&lon=-147.8364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3432W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3432W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100808043869A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED WHILE FLYING OVER THE KNIK GLACIER AT 9000FEET MSL CLOUDS WERE ABOVE THE AIRCRAFT AND THE TERRAIN WAS RISING FASTER THAN THE AIRCRAFT COULD CLIMB. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN THE AIRCRAFT LOST 600-700 FEET AND STRUCK THE TERRAIN WITH THE LEFT STRUT.

## 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 ANC10LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA071), Aug 8, 2010: Piper PA-32-260 (N3432W), Chickaloon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in an in-flight collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N3432W (2)

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

- [Accident 20221016020109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221016020109A), Oct 16, 2022: Piper PA-32-260 (N3432W), Cordova, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On October 16th, 2022 at approximately 1422 hrs, a Piper PA-32, [privacy data omitted] a cherokee-6 operated under part 91 by the named pilot crashed at…
- [Incident 20030410019279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030410019279I), Apr 10, 2003: Piper PA32260 (N3432W), Bloomfield, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Lower oil cooler line came off in flight causing loss of engine oil. Pilot declared an emergency and made a successful off airport landing.

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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