Piper PA-32-300 N4025W
3 October 1982 · Near Port Heide, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 October 1982 at about 06:00 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N4025W, operated by Norman Ovitt, was involved in an incident near Near Port Heide, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 06:00
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Near Port Heide, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 56.9593, -158.5807
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300
- Registration
- N4025W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Norman Ovitt
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Port Heiden → Port Heiden
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC83IA001
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS BACK TAXIING ALONG A BEACH AFTER LANDING AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ON EXAMINATION, THE PILOT FOUND THAT A BOLT IN THE NOSE GEAR STEERING MECHANISM HAD FAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. THIS ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO OVER ROTATE IN THE TURN, PUTTING SEVERE SIDE LOADS ON THE GEAR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 1982 | Piper PA-32-300 | Glacier Bay, Alaska, United States | Layton A. Bennet | No injuries | - |
| 26 Aug 1982 | Piper PA-32 | Near Dillingham, Alaska, United States | Peter Reichard | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1982 | Piper PA-32 | Tuntutuliak, Alaska, United States | Dennis L Gunder | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 1982 | Piper PA-32 | Houston, Texas, United States | Southern Avia. INS. Co. | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Jun 1982 | Piper PA-32-300 | Near Ekwok, Alaska, United States | Armstrong Air Service | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 1982 | Piper PA-32-300 | McKinley Nat'l., Alaska, United States | Denali Flying Service | Minor injuries | - |
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