- Date
- June 9, 1990, 00:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place
- Circle Hot Spgs, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N628FLPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900609021629A
- Case key
- 5378
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Probable cause
The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions. The weather, and surrounding terrain, were 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
The ceiling and visibility were getting lower and the pilot elected to make an emergency landing. During touchdown the pilot made a hard landing and the airplane caught on fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N628FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287125518
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anthony Stratton
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- Circle, AK
- Flight plan
- 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 57 in this make and model · 60 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °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.