- Date
- July 16, 1991, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Naknek, AK
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2120MPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910716027619A
- Case key
- 5581
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
The pilot misjudged the proper touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the gust of wind on final approach.
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 pilot stated that the airplane landed approximately 20 feet short of the runway. Just before coming to a stop, the airplane nosed over on its back. At the time of the accident, the wind was 180 degrees at 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2120M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327840039
- Airframe hours
- 30,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K165, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Peninsula Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 28, 1991 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- EGX · Egegik, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NAK · Naknek, runway 15, 2,500 × 150 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 4,280 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 45 °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.