- Date
- June 26, 1984, 16:15 local (Jun 27, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ekuk, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8941NPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840626068219A
- Case key
- 4314
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.
In flight collision with object
Instructions,written/verbal - disregardedFactor
All available runway - not usedFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Clearance - not attainedCause
Rotation - prematureCause
Analysis
The acft collided with a water pipe about 6 ft AGL during takeoff. Witnesses said that the plt did not use all availablerwy. Witnesses also said that he drifted off the rwy centerline after a premature takeoff. The plts employer said that he had warned him at least twice about using all of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8941N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-S4-740
- Airframe hours
- 6,022
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Yute Air Ak, Inc., doing business as Yute Air Ak, Inc
- Registered owner
- Philip L Bingham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 16, 1984 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- KKU · Ekuk, AK
- Destination
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- KKU · Ekuk
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- 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
- 4,872 total · 108 in this make and model · 4,720 as pilot in command · 462 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °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.