# Accident 20191110018469A: Piper PA-32R-300, Goodnews, AK, November 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2019, 18:30 local time
- Place: Goodnews, AK
- Airport: Goodnews Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: T72A
- Location: 59.1122° N, 161.5814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.1122&lon=-161.5814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7721C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7721C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1A5D (registry code 41664, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1a5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1A5D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,190 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191110018469A

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT DEPARTED RUNWAY 6, IN GNU AFTER SUNSET AND MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN TO THE NORTHWEST TO PROCEED TO BET. BOTH THE PIC AND PASSENGER STATED, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL UNTIL IMPACT. THE PIC STATED THAT HE NOTICED HIS VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR (VSI) INDICATING A 500 FT./MIN DESCENT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRCRAFT CLIMB AND ATTRIBUTED THIS TO A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PIC THOUGHT IT WAS BETWEEN THIRTY AND SIXTY SECONDS BETWEEN THE TIME HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A DESCENT AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE WATER. THE PASSENGER (ALSO A PILOT) STATED THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY ANOMALIES UNTIL A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT. REFERENCE PTRS AL09202000117 FOR DETAILS.

## 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 ANC20LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20LA004), Nov 11, 2019: Piper PA32R (N7721C), Goodnews Bay, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to monitor the airplane instruments during a night visual flight rules departure in dark light conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and the airplane’s descent into…

## Other reports on N7721C (2)

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

- [Incident 20020206000979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020206000979I), Feb 6, 2002: Piper PA32R300 (N7721C), Fairbanks, AK. (-23) The pilot in command taxied and took off with the engine heater extension cord plugged into the airplane. Upon being informed by the controller that…
- [Incident 19940718030119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940718030119I), Jul 18, 1994: Piper PA32R300 (N7721C), Fairbanks, AK. On landing roll observed service vehicle exiting runway. Vehicle driver mistook clearance for another vehicle.

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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