- Date
- August 23, 1982, 22:15 local (Aug 24, 1982, 06:15 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5936VPiper PA-28R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820823043619A
- Case key
- 70477
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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
Pilot collided with mountainous terrain at the 1400 foot level. He proposed flight on V-452 which does not exist in that area. V-462 would have been appropriate but his position did not coincide with that route. He was on a VFR flight plan. Twilight ended about 40 minutes before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5936V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7703170
- Airframe hours
- 1,701
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Needham
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Needham
- Departed
- Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Dubois, PA
- 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,115 total · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 11 knots
- Temperature
- 126 °F
- 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.