- Date
- July 28, 1982, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mckinley Nat'L., AK
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3093TPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820728032779A
- Case key
- 71628
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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 was flying over one glacier at about 700 feet AGL and turned to fly to another upslope glacier. He encountereda downdraft and was unable to climb enough to avoid colliding with the glacier. The elevation of the crash site was about 6600 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3093T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7240130
- Airframe hours
- 3,101
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Denali Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Denali Flying Service
- Departed
- 5MK · Mckinley Park, AK
- Destination
- 5MK · Mckinley Park, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 300 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 118 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.