# NTSB ANC83IA036: Piper PA32-301, N8385G, Quzinkie, AK, January 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Quzinkie, AK
- Coordinates: 57.929286, -152.419204 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.9293&lon=-152.4192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4076
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83IA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4076/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83IA036

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING ROLL THE ACFT STRUCK A SNOW BERM ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FAIL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8385G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8385G-1998-05-07), registration cancelled 1998-05-07, S/N 328106063 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32-301
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (registry code 7103207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-8106063
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830118060899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830118060899I), Jan 18, 1983: Piper PA32301, Ouzinkie, AK, Minor damage. Struck a snow berm short of the runway on landing. Pilot blamed a windshear condition.

## Other investigations on N8385G (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC95FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95FA090), Jul 1, 1995: Piper PA-32-301 (N8385G), Kodiak, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S ATTEMPT TO FLY VFR INTO IMC CONDITIONS AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM TERRAIN. FACTORS INCLUDE FOG AND LOW CEILINGS.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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