- Date
- August 8, 1986, 21:30 local (Aug 9, 1986, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tyonek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1491XPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860808038429A
- Case key
- 4713
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Performance data - not understoodCause
Improper use of procedureFactor
All available runway - not usedCause
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with object
Analysis
The pilot stated that during the initial climb, the aircraft started to settle. The pilot stalled and crashed into a wooded area at the departure end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1491X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327540167
- Airframe hours
- 1,904
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540KIAS, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Ken D. Triplett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 27, 1986 · 55 hours before
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- runway 33, 4,600 × 80 ft, gravel
N1491XRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,590 total · 166 in this make and model · 2,369 as pilot in command · 395 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °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.