Piper PA-32-260 accident near Kenai, AK
On August 14, 1994, a Piper PA-32-260 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kenai, AK. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 14, 1994
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-260 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 60.660°N, 150.899°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01900
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 14, 1994, at approximately 0927 Alaska daylight time (ADT), a wheel equipped Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six airplane, registration No. 4839S, owned and operated by Lake Clark Air, Inc., of Port Alsworth, Alaska, collided with terrain near the mouth of Lake Clark Pass, about 40 nautical miles northwest of Kenai, Alaska. The site of the accident is in the Big River Lakes region. The airline transport certificated pilot-in-command and two passengers received fatal injuries and the remaining passenger sustained serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed. At the time of the accident, the flight was being operated under the on-demand rules of 14 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 135. The flight last departed the Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage, Alaska at about 0808 on the morning of the fourteenth on a company visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan. The intended destination was Port Alsworth, Alaska, located about 140 miles to the southwest. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the mishap. An emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal associated with the crash site was initially picked up by civilian search aircraft at 1008. The crash site was located at about 1200 ADT. COMMUNICATION INFORMATION The pilot did not report any problems with the airplane, either prior to or during the en route portion of the accident flight. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The Kenai Automated Flight Service Station 1046 ADT Record Observation for Big River Lakes, Alaska on August 14, 1994, was clear, visibility 70 miles, temperature 63F, dewpoint 50F,
Probable cause
INADEQUATE ENGINE MAINTENANCE AND/OR INSPECTION, AND FATIGUE CRACKING OF THE ENGINE CASE, WHICH RESULTED IN EVENTUAL DAMAGE TO THE #3 CYLINDER STUDS/ENGINE THROUGH-BOLTS, SUBSEQUENT SEPARATION OF THE #3 CYLINDER AND PISTON, AND AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE.
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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.
