- Date
- June 17, 1982, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Ekwok, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9561KPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820617022879A
- Case key
- 71863
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot made a forced landing when power would not develop more than 1500 rmp. Takeoff and climb had been normal up to 1000 feet when the engine began to lose power. Since not enough power was available to continue flight a landing was made in the tundra. The bendix fuel servo, RSA-10ED1, was found to be out of adjustment. The regulator stem nut was loose and backed off to the end of the stem. How this condition developed is not known.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9561K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7640086
- Airframe hours
- 899
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Armstrong Air Service
- Registered owner
- Armstrong Air Service
- Departed
- KEK · Ekwok, AK
- Destination
- KNW · New Stuyawok, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KEK · Ekwok
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,285 total · 400 in this make and model · 2,920 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.