ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39791
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| Date: | Sunday 19 August 1990 |
| Time: | 21:24 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche C |
| Owner/operator: | Flathead Beverage Co |
| Registration: | N8556Y |
| MSN: | 30-1703 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1625 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-320-C1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kalispell City Airport, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bremerton National Airport, Bremerton, WA (PWT/KPWT) |
| Kalispell City Airport, Kalispell, Montana (FAA LID:S27) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
THE PILOT MADE A VFR APPROACH TO LAND AT NIGHT ON RUNWAY 31. ACCORDING TO WITNESS(ES), THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, BUT AT THE AIRPORT, THE WIND WAS LIGHT & ONLY LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING.
AS THE PILOT WAS LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, THEN BECAME AIRBORNE & IMPACTED AGAIN, FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY. AN EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT INITIAL IMPACT WAS 29 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE INITIAL SCRAPE MARK WAS ANGLED 10 DEG RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY HEADING.
THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY NEAR THE APPROACH END, THEN THE TIPS OF THE LEFT PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BECAME AIRBORNE & CRASHED INVERTED AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 613 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE BLADE TIPS OF BOTH PROPS WERE TWISTED & CURLED; THERE WERE SLASH MARKS ON THE RUNWAY FROM BOTH PROPELLERS AT THE 2ND IMPACT POINT, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HAD IMPACTED IN AN INVERTED ATTITUDE.
OF THE 62 RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS, 20 WERE INOPERATIVE OR BROKEN & 2 WERE NOT VISIBLE DUE TO TALL VEGETATION. THE LAST RECORDED NIGHT TIME FLYING IN THE PILOT'S LOG WAS DATED 5/5/81, NINE YEARS EARLIER
CAUSE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING AND TO MAINTAIN ITS CONTROL DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND (ABORTED LANDING).
FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, A NUMBER OF RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS THAT WERE EITHER INOPERATIVE OR HIDDEN BY VEGETATION, RAIN, REDUCED VISUAL CUES, THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT NIGHT FLYING EXPERIENCE, AND HIS FAILURE TO ATTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT.
Registration N8556Y cancelled by the FAA on August 8, 1991
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: SEA90FA165 at https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20001212X24128&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=FA
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8556Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/mt/N8556Y/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 05-Apr-2017 20:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2017 20:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2017 20:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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