- Date
- July 15, 1989, 17:42 local (Jul 16, 1989, 01:42 UTC)
- Place
- Quinhagak, AK
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32062Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890715025329A
- Case key
- 5226
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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Probable cause
Powerplant failure for an unknown reason, which resulted in an engine vibration, oil leak and a fire.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Powerplant - undeterminedCause
Powerplant - vibration
Fluid,oil - leak
Fire
Engine compartment - fire
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - tundra
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32062
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327540011
- Airframe hours
- 3,947
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Kusko Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 12, 1989 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- BET · Bethel, AK
- Destination
- AQH · Quinhagak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,776 total · 272 in this make and model · 14,776 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °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 N32062 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC89LA093Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEek, AKFailure of the center torque link bolt on the right main gear.NTSB ANC88LA109Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKwethluk, AKThe 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…