- Date
- January 15, 1989, 15:48 local (19:48 UTC)
- Place
- Port Lions, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43527Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890115001749A
- Case key
- 5164
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Probable cause
The pilots inadequate compensation for wind conditions which resulted in a stall/mush and subsequent hard landing. The downdraft which the aircraft encountered was a factor in the accident.
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 air-taxi pilot reported that when he was about 15 feet over the runway threshold, the airplane began sinking rapidly. He added power and aft elevator control, but the airplane still landed hard, causing the aft end of the fuselage to strike the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43527
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7440131
- Airframe hours
- 1,871
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Peninsula Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 2, 1988 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- ADQ · Kodiak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- ORI · Port Lions, runway 24, 2,600 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,457 total · 498 in this make and model · 6,315 as pilot in command · 161 in the last 90 days · 63 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 10 °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 N43527 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.