- Date
- May 21, 1984, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8767WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840521018019A
- Case key
- 4205
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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 acft crashed during a forced landing on unsuitable terrain. The plt said the acft engine lost oil-pressure about 20 minutes after takeoff and he turned toward the closest arpt. The engine operated a few minutes and then stopped. The acft was landed off arpt and a post crash fire destroyed it. The wreckage was not examined due to its location in a tidal swamp.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8767W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2810307
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Angus M. Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1984
- Departed
- KCL · Chignik Lagoon, AK
- Destination
- Z03 · Egegik, AK
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 745 total · 149 in this make and model · 714 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 41 °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 N8767W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.