- Date
- May 18, 1988, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Heiden, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8259VPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880518015479A
- Case key
- 5008
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Terrain condition - sand barFactor
Aircraft weight and balance - misjudgedFactor
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Performance data - not usedFactor
Abort - delayedCause
Analysis
The pilot elected to abort the takeoff of a heavily loaded Piper from a soft strip. His decision was tardy and the airplane struck a cinder bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8259V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8006097
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Peninsula Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Cinder River, AK
- Destination
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Cinder River
N8259VRegistration cancelled May 4, 2010 · Piper PA-32-301Airframe modelPiper PA-32-301Engine modelLycoming IO-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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.