# Accident 20140806015219A: Piper PA-32-260, Anderson, AK, August 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2014, 16:00 local time
- Place: Anderson, AK
- Airport: Kansas Creek Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 4VLA
- Location: 63.5200° N, 147.5000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.5200&lon=-147.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3502W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3502W) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,413 total, 636 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140806015219A

## Narrative

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

THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 6, 2014 AT ABOUT 1600 ON A REMOTE RUNWAY ABOUT 30 NM EAST OF HEALY AK. THE RUNWAY IS SITUATED IN A RIVER VALLEY NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE WOOD RIVER AND KANSAS CREEK. THE RUNWAY ELEVATION IS ABOUT 2500? WITH SURROUNDING 5,000-6,000?MSL PEAKS.

VALLEY AVIATION LLC, A SINGLE PILOT 135 OPERATOR, WAS OPERATING N3502W, A PA-32 WITH ONE PASSENGER (COMPANY PERSONNEL) AND CARGO. LOAD MANIFEST INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT WAS 100 POUNDS UNDER GROSS AND WITHIN CG LIMITS.

PILOT STATED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE KANSAS CREEK AIRSTRIP THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A GUSTY 20-25 MPH QUARTERING HEADWIND CLOSE TO THE GROUND. PILOT STATED THE HEADWIND COMPONENT SEEN ON FINAL VANISHED ONCE BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE SURROUNDING TREES AND OVER THE AIRSTRIP. PILOT STATED SIGNIFICANT POWER WAS ADDED, BUT ABOUT 8 FEET ABOVE THE AIRSTRIP WITH FULL FLAPS DOWN, THE STALL LIGHT FLASHED AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED HARD ON THE MAIN GEAR. THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL CAME OFF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED STRAIGHT AHEAD TO A STOP IN ABOUT 75 YARDS. THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR AREA RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM THE ROUGH RUNWAY EDGE WHERE THERE WERE NUMEROUS SMALL RIVER ROCKS. THERE WAS NO PROP STRIKE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC14CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA060), Aug 6, 2014: Piper PA 32-260 (N3502W), Anderson, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, which resulted in a hard 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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