- Date
- October 27, 1987, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Larsen Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2585MPiper PA32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871027065419A
- Case key
- 4973
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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.
Analysis
The pilot stated the wind on the surface was light and variable and while he was on final approach the airplane developed a high sink rate from which he was late effecting recovery. The airplane struck the ground short of the runway threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2585M
- Reported as
- Piper PA32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327840050
- Airframe hours
- 9,902
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Peninsula Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 5, 1977 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- ODK · Kodiak, AK
- Destination
- 09AK · Larsen Bay, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 09AK · Larsen Bay, runway 21, 2,377 × 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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,917 total · 433 in this make and model · 5,639 as pilot in command · 281 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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 N2585M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.