- Date
- August 24, 1990, 15:11 local (23:11 UTC)
- Place
- Kashvik Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5206SPiper PA-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900824035969A
- Case key
- 5440
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper preflight preparation and planning. Contributing to the accident was unsuitable terrain.
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
During the takeoff roll, the airplane struck several large rocks causing the main landing gear to tear away from the fuselage. As a result of the main landing gear being ripped away, the airplane's main wing spar and stabilator were damaged. After the pilot departed the beach area, he flew directly back to king salmon airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5206S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3240895
- Airframe hours
- 10,174
- Engine
- Lycoming IO 540-K1GS, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peninsula Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 9, 1989 · 49 hours before
- Destination
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,700 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 7,600 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 134 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.