- Date
- June 12, 1983, 21:10 local (Jun 13, 1983, 05:10 UTC)
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N15400Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830612024709A
- Case key
- 4128
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
At about 50-70 ft AGL the eng quit. The acft landed about 1,500 ft off the end of the rwy. The plt stated the acft had been refueled from 50 gal drums immediately prior to the flt. The fuel in the right tip tank contained enough water to have caused eng stoppage. The plt also stated that when he removed the cover from the fuel distributor valve it contained a large quantity of water. The plt stated they have been unable to obtain the permits necessary to install underground fuel storage tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15400
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7340013
- Airframe hours
- 2,660
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIA5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Tri-City Air Service
- Registered owner
- Norman L. Ovitt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 6, 1983 · 53 hours before
- Destination
- TOG · Togiak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- KWN · Quinhagak, runway 4, 2,900 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,782 total · 56 in this make and model · 1,738 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 36 °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 N15400 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.