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| Date: | Friday 29 January 1993 |
| Time: | 11:57 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga |
| Owner/operator: | PenAir - Peninsula Airways |
| Registration: | N8327S |
| MSN: | 32-8106039 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1189 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1G5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Heiden, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | King Salmon, AK (AKN |
| Perryville, AK (KPV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE NON SCHEDULED AIR TAXI CARGO FLIGHT, CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 135, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON SNOW COVERED TUNDRA. A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE POWERPLANT BY A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE STEM FAILED, CAUSING THE VALVE TO PASS THROUGH THE PISTON, RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.
Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER INTAKE VALVE STEM. A FACTOR IN THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED IN THE MISHAP WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING ON SHOW COVERED TUNDRA.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC93LA029
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 April 2008 | N8327S | PenAir - Peninsula Airways | 0 | about 10 miles south south-west of Koliganek, Alaska | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 06:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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