- Date
- February 23, 1988, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kipnuk, AK
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8429NPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880223003379A
- Case key
- 4987
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during the initial climbout from the airport he encountered a complete whiteout condition. The pilot then elected to land on the frozen lake and during the rollout the aircraft struck a snowbank.
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
- N8429N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 328106089
- Airframe hours
- 3,341
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kipnuk Air, Inc., doing business as Kipnuk Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kipnuk Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 16, 1988 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- 8Z9 · Kipnuk, AK
- Destination
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Kipnuk
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,563 total · 569 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 39 °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 N8429N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.