# Accident 20161215022599A: Piper PA-11, Aniak Vcty, AK, December 15, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Aniak Vcty, AK
- Airport: Marvel Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.9444° N, 159.6208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9444&lon=-159.6208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5028H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5028H-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-11
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161215022599A

## Narrative

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

CAUSE OF DEATH DECLARED BY STATE OF ALASKA MEDICAL EXAMINER AND ALASKA STATE TROOPERS TO BE SUICIDE.  PASSENGER WAS PILOT'S WIFE WHO HAD TERMINAL CANCER.   FLIGHT WAS DELIBERATE INTO HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING THEIR HOMESTEAD / MINE WHERE THEY HAD WORKED TOGETHER FOR 40 YEARS.   FAMILY WAS AWARE OF THEIR INTENT.    THIS INVESTIGATION CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.

## 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 ANC17FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA012), Dec 16, 2016: Piper PA 11 (N5028H), Aniak, AK, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional flight of the airplane into terrain in an act of suicide.

## Other reports on N5028H (1)

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

- [Accident 19790728022329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728022329A), Jul 28, 1979: Piper PA11 (N5028H), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Made takeoff on a gravel bar. Right wing struck willow bushes. Acft hit tree stumps. Flipped over.

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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