# Accident 20161111022609A: Piper PA-32R-301, Bethel, AK, November 11, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2016, 16:50 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.7728° N, 161.8867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7728&lon=-161.8867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9084J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9084J-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO 540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,664 total, 20 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161111022609A

## Narrative

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

PUBLIC USE OPERATION BY THE ALASKA STATE TROOPERS.  PILOT DEPARTED BETHEL ON RUNWAY 1L AND WAS CLIMBING OUT TO THE WEST THROUGH 800 FEET. PILOT FELT A MOMENTARY VIBRATION AND NOTED OIL PRESSURE AT 0 PSI. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ATTEMPTED RETURN TO BETHEL. ENGINE STOPPED FORCING PILOT TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON TUNDRA APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SW OF BETHEL 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 ANC17LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17LA006), Nov 12, 2016: Piper PA32R (N9084J), Bethel, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to oil starvation, which resulted from an oil cooler leak at a fractured brazed seam.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.