Accident · 1993-06-02

NTSB case ANC93LA077 · PIPER PA-32-300 · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 1993-06-02
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: PIPER PA-32-300 (N8127K)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: SKAGWAY AIR SERVICE, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): SKAGWAY AIR SERVICE, INC.

Probable cause

A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AS A RESULT OF A FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE #2 CONNECTING ROD. A FACTOR WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING.

Source: NTSB case ANC93LA077

Flight 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.

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