- Date
- July 6, 1989, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Queens Cannery, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2585MPiper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890706025319A
- Case key
- 5218
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged his altitude and distance to the runway during the approach and failed to attain the proper touchdown point. The gusty crosswind and berm were contributing factors.
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
Drg arrival, the plt entered the traffic pattern to land on rwy 3. He stated that on final apch, the acft descended below the threshold of the rwy. Also, he rprtd he raised the nose & added power, but the main landing gear struck a berm at the apch end of the rwy. The landing gear separated from the acft & the acft slid to a stop on the left side of the rwy. The plt rprtd the wind was from the east at 10, gusting 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2585M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7840050
- Airframe hours
- 11,440
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Peninsula Airways Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 28, 1989 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- Queens Cannery, runway 3, 1,400 × 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 120 in this make and model · 130 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLG, 8 nm away
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 N2585M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.