- Date
- June 29, 1982, 13:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Glacier Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2947NPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820629026009A
- Case key
- 70833
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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 aircraft engine stopped during normal cruise and an emergency landing was made in a dry river bed. The landing gear collapsed from overload during the landing. Examination of the engine revealed a connecting dowel for a drive gear driven by the crankshaft had become loose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2947N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 327940225
- Airframe hours
- 1,591
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K-165, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Layton A. Bennet
- Registered owner
- Layton A. Bennet
- Departed
- GST · Gustavus, AK
- Destination
- HNS · Haines, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,725 total · 555 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 136 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GST, 80 nm away
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 N2947N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.