- Date
- February 4, 1987, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Barter Island, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N35232Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870204027399I
- Case key
- 4796
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Analysis
The pilot flew into rising terrain during a night VFR flight. After shutting down the right engine and achieving only partial propeller feather he elected to make a gear up landing. The plt was flying at 500 ft AGL when he wandered from over water to on-shore and his rt prop hit the rising shore. Excessive vibration necessitated an eng shut down but the prop did not fully feather before the eng stopped. The landing was uneventful. The plt activated the ELT for rescue.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35232
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7952119
- Airframe hours
- 7,350
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Audi Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BTI · Barter Island, AK
- Destination
- SCC · Deadhorse, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,057 total · 1,210 in this make and model · 7,780 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- -15 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.