- Date
- December 12, 1983, 11:49 local (15:49 UTC)
- Place
- Barrow, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3575APiper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831212060389A
- Case key
- 4262
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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 stated that shortly after reaching cruise altitude the eng failed. A forced landing was made on tundra covered by encrusted snow & ice nad the gear collapsed. During the on-scene investigation the fuel injector was found to allow only a small amount of fuel flow. However, the unit was later bench tested & was operating normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3575A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8013034
- Airframe hours
- 1,277
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Barrow Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- BRW · Barrow, AK
- Destination
- 5WW · Wainwright, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BRW · Wiley Post Memorial
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,265 total · 700 in this make and model · 995 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRW, 3 nm away
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 N3575A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.