- Date
- February 4, 1992, 13:11 local (17:11 UTC)
- Place
- Tununak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N76RLPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920204001849A
- Case key
- 5685
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Probable cause
Misjudged wind information. Factors to the accident were: turbulence, crosswind and flight into known adverse weather.
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
While on final approach for landing, the pilot reported that the flight encountered turbulence and a strong crosswind. The pilot continued the approach until the flight was on short final and approximately 50 to 80 feet AGL when the airplane suddenly banked approximately 60 degrees to the left. The pilot tried to correct with full opposite controls and full power; however, the left wing struck the ground. The pilot regained control of the airplane and initiated a go-around. The pilot continued the go-around and landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76RL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7540024
- Airframe hours
- 8,273
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Camai Air, doing business as Village Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tununrmiut Rinit Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1991 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- OOK · Toksook, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- AK45 · Tununak, runway 26, 1,800 × 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
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 1 °F
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 N76RL · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.