- Date
- March 27, 1981
- Place
- Galena, AK · GALENA, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66856Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810327012819A
- Case key
- 126564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3509 81/3/27 GALENA,AK PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4850 TIME - 1632 N66856 PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 99 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALENA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUGHES,AK GALENA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- DRG GO-ARND,BGN SLGT CLB,ENTERED STEEP L BANK,CRASHED.FLAPS FULL DWN.PLT ON GND RPRTD 1 ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66856
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Galena
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.