- Date
- July 22, 1988, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Dillingham, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29148Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880722027539A
- Case key
- 5037
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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 reported that he lost control of the aircraft. The plane crashed approximately 500 feet off the departure end of the airstrip. The flight was a part 135 on-demand air taxi flight. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was above maximum certified gross takeoff weight. During a telephone interview with the pilot, he stated that he knew the aircraft was overloaded.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29148
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327940129
- Airframe hours
- 3,353
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K165, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Armstrong Air Service, doing business as Armstrong Air Serivce, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Richard & Joann Armstrong
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 6, 1988 · 100 hours before
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 5QN · Queen Fisheries, runway 9, 1,400 × 50 ft, dirt
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, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 6,500 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °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 N29148 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.