- Date
- January 27, 1985, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Savoonga, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4112DPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850127001749A
- Case key
- 4395
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during arrival, he overflew the arpt & made a right turn while watching the village. As he maneuvered, he encountered white-out conditions, turned too FAR & subsequently collided with rising terrain. The wx over the general area prior to & at the time of the acdnt was reported as marginal VFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4112D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8353004
- Airframe hours
- 2,126
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2B, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Bering Air, doing business as Bering Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Alaska Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 21, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- OME · Nome, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SVA · Savoonga, runway 23, 4,600 × 100 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,950 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 5,721 as pilot in command · 310 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N4112D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.