- Date
- October 28, 1987, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Iliamna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43639Piper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19871028060989A
- Case key
- 4974
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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 acft eng lost oil pressure during cruise. The plt attempted to land on a small airstrip. He did not make it to the strip and overran nearby tundra into Iliamna lake. The oil pump housing was broken; one gear was split and the other had a broken tooth. The teardown of the oil pump revealed an out of balance and worn oil pump drive shaft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43639
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32840614
- Airframe hours
- 3,106
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIG5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Peninsula Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1987 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- 9K2 · Kakhonak, AK
- Destination
- 5NN · Nondalton, AK
- Flight plan
- Company 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,879 total · 5,400 in this make and model · 6,859 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 170 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °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.