- Date
- December 18, 1978
- Place
- Ekwok, AK · EKWOK, AK
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8944NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781218044989A
- Case key
- 138055
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4305 78/12/18 EKWOK,AK PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 5020 TIME - 1400 N8944N PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 457 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EKWOK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DILLINGHAM,AK RETURN EKWOK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- MAGNETO VENTED CAP MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8944N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ekwok
N8944NRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8944N · 1
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