- Date
- January 18, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Quzinkie, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8385GPiper PA32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830118060899I
- Case key
- 4076
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,totalCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Analysis
During landing roll the acft struck a snow berm on the runway causing the nose gear to fail.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8385G
- Reported as
- Piper PA32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8106063
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Island Air Service
- Registered owner
- Robert G. Stanford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KDK · Kodiak, AK
- Destination
- Quzinkie
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Quzinkie, runway 27, 2,500 × 75 ft, gravel
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,750 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,560 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8385G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.