- Date
- April 8, 1991, 17:31 local (Apr 9, 1991, 01:31 UTC)
- Place
- Eek, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4258NPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910408039199I
- Case key
- 5498
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Probable cause
The failure of the center torque link bolt.
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 liftoff at quinhagak, Alaska, the pilot felt a bump. He circled the runway but did not see anything. Upon landing at Eek, Alaska, the airplane veered to the right and left the runway. The right main landing gear lower strut assembly was missing. The assembly was located at quinhagak. Examination of the parts showed that the center torque link bolt had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4258N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 3,436
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kusko Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kusko Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 7, 1991 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- AGH · Quinhagak, AK
- Destination
- EEK · Ee, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- EEK · Eek, runway 35, 1,300 × 50 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 444 in this make and model · 2,145 as pilot in command · 182 in the last 90 days · 52 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 16 °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 N4258N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.