- Date
- September 14, 1985, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Togiak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8981NPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850914047169A
- Case key
- 4564
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 encounter with weather
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Inadequate surveillance of operationFactor
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather evaluation - poorFactor
PressureFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - intentionalCause
Judgment - poorCause
Hazardous weather advisory - disregardedFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - intentionalCause
Judgment - poorCause
Analysis
Acft crashed on mountainside after wx worsened. Marginal wx had been forecast & PIREP advised plt that VFR flt was not recommended.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8981N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40865
- Airframe hours
- 4,450
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-51A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Yute Air Alaska, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Yute Air Alaska, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 10, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- TOG · Togiak, AK
- Destination
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 250 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLG, 35 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.