- Date
- January 17, 1983, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nondalton, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8429NPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830117006379A
- Case key
- 4098
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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 plt reported that during a landing on an ice & snow covered rwy, the braking was poor & he was using pumping actions while applying the brakes. Reportedly, when the acft was about half way down the rwy, the left brake lost all pressure. At about the same time, the plt of another acft taxied out onto the rwy. The plt of the landing acft stated that he then steered his acft into 1 ft deep snow for better deceleration; however, there was a dirt hump under the snow. The right main gear hit the obstruction & was damaged. Reportedly, there was also minor damage to the wing tips & tail skid area. The plt stated that during an exam of the left brake, the lower brake pad was missing & there was evidence that hydraulic fluid had vented overboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8429N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8106089
- Airframe hours
- 1,320
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Floyd Palmateer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 5NN · Nondalton, runway 2, 2,900 × 80 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
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,606 total · 120 in this make and model · 10,426 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8429N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.