- Date
- June 16, 2001, 19:25 local (Jun 17, 2001, 03:25 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8096VPiper PA-32R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA-AL-ANC FSDO 03
- FAA report
- 20010616027159A
- Case key
- 53201
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Factors in the accident were a soft area of runway, and sunglare.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private certificated pilot was landing on a gravel surface runway that was 3,000 feet long and 75 feet wide. The pilot said the sun was in his eyes, and he landed about 75 feet beyond the runway threshold. Upon touchdown, the main landing gear dug into soft sand, and the airplane received damage to the left main landing gear, the left aileron and flap, and the left wing. The pilot said that a postaccident examination of the runway surface revealed the first 100 feet of the runway consisted of soft, uncompacted dry sand.
Factual narrative
On June 16, 2001, about 1925 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-32R airplane, N8096V, sustained substantial damage during a landing at the Egegik Airport, Egegik, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, and the sole passenger, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at the King Salmon Airport, King Salmon, Alaska, about 1900.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on June 17, 2001, the pilot reported that he was landing on runway 29. He said the sun was in his eyes, and he landed about 75 feet beyond the runway threshold. Upon touchdown, the main landing gear dug into soft sand, and the airplane received damage to the left main landing gear, the left aileron and flap, and the left wing. The pilot said the airplane did not have any mechanical problems before landing.
Runway 29 at the Egegik Airport is 3,000 feet long, by 75 feet wide, and has a gravel surface. The pilot said that a postaccident examination of the runway surface revealed the first 100 feet of the runway consisted of soft, uncompacted dry sand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8096V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8013007
- Airframe hours
- 2,375
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Philip L. Platt
- Registered owner
- Frontier Paving Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 2000 · 129 hours before
- Departed
- PAKN · King Salmon, AK
- Destination
- PAII · Egegik, AK
- Airport
- PAII · Egegik, runway 29, 3,000 × 75 ft, gravel
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- December 8, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 307 total · 145 in this make and model · 178 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 271° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- PAII
FAA reports on this event · 1
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