ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17378
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 April 2008 |
| Time: | 15:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-301 |
| Owner/operator: | Peninsula Airways Inc. |
| Registration: | N8327S |
| MSN: | 32-8106039 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15026 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | about 10 miles south south-west of Koliganek, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dillingham, AK (PADL) |
| Koliganek, AK (PAJZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he was in cruise flight about 700 feet agl over near featureless snow-covered terrain when he encounter lowering ceilings. He described the weather conditions as rapidly deteriorating. He began a turn to reverse direction, and the airplane collided with terrain. His destination, about 10 miles away, was reporting a visibility of 2 miles in mist, and a ceiling of 400 feet broken. The ceiling was variable between 200 to 900 feet. A low ceiling and snow-covered terrain likely produced flat lighting conditions, making visual reference to terrain, and determining height above the ground difficult.
Probable Cause: The pilot's VFR flight into adverse weather conditions that resulted in a collision with snow-covered terrain during a turn to reverse direction. Factors contributing to the accident were low ceilings, flat lighting conditions, and the snow-covered terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 January 1993 | N8327S | Peninsula Airways, Inc. | 0 | Port Heiden, AK | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Apr-2008 02:33 | Fusko | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 03-Dec-2017 10:45 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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