Accident · 1993-01-29
What the record says
- Event date
- 1993-01-29
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- PIPER PA-32 (N8327S)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Peninsula Airways Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- PENINSULA AIRWAYS, INC.
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.
Source: NTSB case ANC93LA029Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.