- Date
- March 24, 1992, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sleetmute, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84547Piper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920324009099A
- Case key
- 5704
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 airplane stalled when the pilot failed to maintain flying speed.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
After liftoff the pilot failed to maintain flying speed. The airplane stalled and hit the ground before the pilot could recover.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84547
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8206002
- Airframe hours
- 4,105
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Arctic Circle Air Service, Inc
- Registered owner
- Arctic Air Group
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 22, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Destination
- RDV · Red Devil, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- SLQ · Sleetmute, runway 14, 3,100 × 75 ft, gravel
N84547Registration cancelled Jun 7, 2013 · Piper PA-32-301Airframe modelPiper PA-32-301Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,800 total · 775 in this make and model · 4,593 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 88 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.