ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153334
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| Date: | Saturday 16 February 2013 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Grant Aviation |
| Registration: | N15PR |
| MSN: | 31-8352011 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15247 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TI0-540 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Unalaska-Tom Madsen Airport, AK (DUT/PADU) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Akutan, AK (PAUT) |
| Unalaska-Tom Madsen Airport, AK (DUT/PADU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airline transport pilot departed on a visual flight rules cross-country flight in a twin-engine airplane with two passengers aboard. He reported that during the flight the weather began changing and he arrived at the destination airport in unforecast deteriorating weather conditions. Unable to circle to land into the wind, the pilot elected to land on runway 12 with a gusting quartering right tailwind. During the landing roll, a wind gust pushed the nose of the airplane to the right, and the airplane began to slide momentarily on an icy patch on the runway. While sliding sideways, the left main landing gear contacted bare pavement, which resulted in the collapse of the left main landing gear. As a result, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.
The wind at the airport before landing was reported to be out of 339 degrees at 26 knots, with gusts to 35 knots. According to the pilot operating handbook for the accident airplane, the maximum demonstrated crosswind component for the airplane is 20 knots, and a plot of the current wind conditions at the time of the accident showed that the crosswind component for the accident landing was 30 knots, 10 knots above the maximum demonstrated component.
No preaccident mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation were reported.
Probable Cause: The pilot's decision to land in wind conditions that exceeded the airplane's demonstrated crosswind capability, which resulted in a loss of airplane control during the landing roll.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=15PR
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2013 23:34 | Geno | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 22-Oct-2017 14:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Oct-2017 14:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Oct-2017 14:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:09 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2020 23:08 | Captain Adam | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
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