# NTSB ANC83LA031: Piper PA-32R-301, N3575A, Wainwright, AK, January 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1983, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place: Wainwright, AK
- Coordinates: 70.629951, -159.960632 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.6300&lon=-159.9606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4094
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83LA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4094/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA031

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue(flight schedule), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING. A PASSENGER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT ABOUT MID-FIELD AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED AND BOUNCED ONCE BEFORE SLIDING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE GRAVEL RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH ICE. THE LANDING WAS MADE AT NIGHT AND THE PILOT STATED THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE INTERMITTENT. THE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. THE PILOT ALSO SAID HE WAS TIRED AND HAD ASKED FOR A DAY OFF FROM THE SEVEN DAY SCHEDULE BUT WAS REFUSED. HE SAID HE KNEW SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED OR WERE BENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3575A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3575A), registered now, S/N 32R-8013034, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32R-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (registry code 7103218) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R-8013034
- Airframe hours: 850
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-K1G5D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: James A. Pederson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 23, 1983, 43 hours before
- Departed: BRW, BARROW, AK
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 5WW, Wainwright, runway 3, 2,200 × 100 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,608 total, 500 in this make and model, 2,700 as pilot in command, 332 in the last 90 days, 100 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: variable at 3 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 19 °F, dew point -0 °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).

- [Accident 19830110005759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830110005759A), Jan 10, 1983: Piper PA32R301, Wainwright, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to touchdown long and run off end of slippery runway.

## Other investigations on N3575A (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 ANC84LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA023), Dec 12, 1983: Piper PA-32R-301 (N3575A), Barrow, AK, substantial damage

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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