- Date
- June 2, 1984, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Igiugig, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4732SPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840602031649A
- Case key
- 4308
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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
During flt, the plt heard a 'loud bang' & then the eng lost power. He transmitted a mayday call & made an emergency landing on rolling tundra. During the landing, the nose & left main gear failed & the wing & prop were damaged. An exam revealed that the eng driven fuel pump housing had failed. The plt did not remember operating the electric fuel pump when the eng lost power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4732S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,230
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven Dawson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 2, 1983 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- DLH · Dillingham, AK
- Destination
- HOM · Homer, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 224 total · 83 in this make and model · 159 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 5 °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.