Plane Crash List

Piper PA-32-300 N8940N

11 March 1983 · Pedro Bay, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 11 March 1983 at about 16:30 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N8940N was involved in an accident near Pedro Bay, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Pedro Bay, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
59.8592, -154.0301
Aircraft
Piper PA-32-300
Registration
N8940N
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Anchorage → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC83LA055

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AFTER AN ABORTED LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE. THE PILOT LANDED TOWARD THE VILLAGE AND FOUND THE BRAKING ACTION ON THE SNOW COVERED ICE WAS NON EXISTENT. A GO-AROUND WAS ATTEMPTED BUT NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE WAS OBTAINED BEFORE REACHING THE SHORELINE AND THE TREES. THE LAKE ICE HAD BEEN SELECTED FOR LANDINGBECAUSE OF THE RWYS POOR CONDITION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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