Piper PA-32-300 accident near Kasigluk, Alaska, March 28, 1991
On March 28, 1991 at about 1:58 pm local time, a Piper PA-32-300, registered N76RL, was substantially damaged in an accident near Kasigluk, Alaska (Kasigluk airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE ON LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SNOWBANK.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- March 28, 1991 · about 1:58 pm local time
- Place
- Kasigluk, Alaska · Kasigluk · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300 · all PA-32-300s on the register
- Registration
- N76RL · no longer on the register · serial 327540024
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THIS WAS AN ON DEMAND AIR TAXI CARGO FLIGHT AND THE CHIEF PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT STRIKING A SNOWBANK.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,802 hours in all; 82 in this make and model; 119 in the last 90 days; 62 in the last 30 days; 1,733 as pilot in command; 880 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 4,734 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, March 20, 1991; 6 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,600 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming IO-540-KIA5 (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Camai Air
The flight
- Departed from: BET Bethel AK at 1:38 pm
- Runway 35, 2,200 ft by 80 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded at 1,000 ft
- Temperature: 28°F (-2°C), dew point 18°F (-8°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N76RL the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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