- Date
- July 10, 2020, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi-from runway: Ground collisionTaxi-to runway: Ground collision
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA reports
- 20200710010572A20200710010562A
- Case key
- 101603
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The PA-32 pilot's failure to see and avoid the other airplane.
Findings · 5
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
N44851 · Piper PA32
N42241 · Piper PA 28-180
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
N44851 · Piper PA32
N42241 · Piper PA 28-180
Analysis
The pilot of the Piper PA-32-300 reported that while taxiing from the runway to park, during a turn to the right, the left wing impacted the left wing of the Piper PA-28-180. He added that his airplane was loaded with cargo which made the airplane's nose sit high and that he "missed" seeing the other airplane. The pilot of the Piper PA-28-180 reported that, while holding at the "north ramp area", the airplane was stationary. He added that, he had seen the PA-32-300 coming down the runway and believed he had given adequate space to avoid any conflict. The PA-32-300 sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The Piper PA-28-180 sustained substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. Both pilots reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N44851
- Reported as
- Piper PA32 (300)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7740107
- Built
- 1977
- Airframe hours
- 16,856
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 2020
- Departed
- WSN · South Naknek, AK
- Destination
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 5NK · Naknek
- Equipment
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N42241
- Reported as
- Piper PA 28-180 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7405163
- Built
- 1974
- Airframe hours
- 1,811
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2020
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Airport
- 5NK · Naknek
- Equipment
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N44851
- Age
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 3, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 15,152 total · 7,000 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 156 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N42241
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed
- Last flight review
- July 3, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 749 total · 720 in this make and model · 626 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- PFWS, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.