Piper PA-14 accident near Rainey Pass, AK
On March 20, 1993, a Piper PA-14 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Rainey Pass, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 20, 1993
- Place
- Rainey Pass, AK
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-14 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 63.610°N, 154.780°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11897
NTSB summary
On March 20, 1993, at 1500 Alaska standard time, a ski equipped Piper PA-14 airplane, N5153H, registered to and operated by the Pilot-in-Command, crashed in a mountain valley 3.5 miles west of Rainey Pass, Alaska. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, last departed the Rohn airstrip and the destination was Big Lake, Alaska. A visual flight rules flight plan was filed from McGrath to the Rohn airstrip. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, but whiteout conditions existed in the mountain passes. According to records provided by the McGrath Flight Service Station, through Air Traffic Evaluations, the Pilot-in-Command received a weather briefing which included an area forecast for the Kuskokwim Valley and Cook Inlet/Susitna Valley, the Rainey Pass forecast and flight precautions. The area forecast stated that the weather in the Kuskokwim Valley, the area from which the Pilot-in- Command was departing, was 3,500 to 5,000 feet scattered to broken, 8,000 to 10,000 feet broken to overcast, surface winds from the southeast with gusts to 25 knots, VFR with local marginal VFR due to ceilings and snow. The freeze level was forecast to be at or near the surface. The forecast for the Cook Inlet/Susitna Valley stated local ceilings below 1,000 feet and visibility below 3 miles with light snowshowers along the mountains, west side of the Inlet, and the North Susitna Valley. The forecast for Rainey Pass was IFR due to ceilings and snow. The Pilot-in-Command held a Private Pilot Certificate, number 529443800, with an Airplane Single Engine Land rating, issued 08/17/74. H
Probable cause
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S ATTEMPT TO FLY VFR IN IMC CONDITIONS. FACTORS WERE THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
