- Date
- August 26, 1986, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stoney River, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N400THPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860826043069A
- Case key
- 4727
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
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Altitude - not maintainedCause
Stall/mush - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that after liftoff he failed to maintain airspeed. The aircraft stalled and crashed into the River.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400TH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327400035
- Airframe hours
- 4,239
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herman M. Lenherdt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1986 · 4 hours before
N400THRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,983 total · 25 in this make and model · 1,290 as pilot in command · 233 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 28 °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.
Other investigations on N400TH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.