Piper PA-31T3, T1040 N307SC

Summary

On 13 December 1991 at about 23:07 local time, a Piper PA-31T3, T1040 registered N307SC, operated by Southcentral Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near Ninilchik, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 December 1991 at 23:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Ninilchik, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.0695, -151.4208

Aircraft

Piper PA-31T3, T1040

Registration

N307SC

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Southcentral Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kodiak → Kenai

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ANC92FA083

1 person died.

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

THE FLIGHT WAS LEVEL AT 10,000 FEET MSL IN IMC CONDITIONS WHEN THE CONTROLLER NOTICED THE AIRPLANE TAKE A SHARP RIGHT TURN AND DESCEND RAPIDLY. ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE FLIGHT WERE NEGATIVE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SHOWED ALL THE MAJOR COMPONENTS PRESENT, HOWEVER, IMPACT DAMAGE PRECLUDED ANY FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY CHECK. THE ENGINES COULD NOT BE RECOVERED FROM THE IMPACT CRATER. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE WITH SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.