- Date
- August 14, 1988, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kwethluk, AK
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32062Piper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880814032429A
- Case key
- 5051
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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 lost directional control of the aircraft while landing. At the time of accident the wind was from 180 degrees at 15 knots gusting 20 knots. The airplane landed on runway 25; after touchdown the airplane departed the right side of the runway into an airport sign.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32062
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327540011
- Airframe hours
- 3,334
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kusko Aviation, doing business as Kusko Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Kusko Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 7, 1988 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- KWN · Quinhagak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- KWT · Kwethluk, runway 25, 1,800 × 32 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
- 43
- 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
- 4,600 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 4,300 as pilot in command · 340 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °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 N32062 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.