Piper PA-32-300 accident near Allakaket, Alaska, May 7, 1994
On May 7, 1994 at about 8:45 am local time, a Piper PA-32-300, registered N8908N, was substantially damaged in an accident near Allakaket, Alaska (Allakaket airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT AFTER LANDING.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 7, 1994 · about 8:45 am local time
- Place
- Allakaket, Alaska · Allakaket · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300 · all PA-32-300s on the register
- Registration
- N8908N · registry record · serial 40695
- 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
THE PILOT STATED THAT ALL THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING AND AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE ANGLED OFF TO THE SIDE AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT. HE STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE BECAUSE OF THE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE DURING THE LANDING FLARE AND THE INOPERABLE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE OPERATION OF THE LIGHTS COULD NOT BE SUBSTANTIATED. THE ALASKA SUPPLEMENT 'CAUTIONS' THAT THE RUNWAY IS NOT MONITORED AND RECOMMENDS VISUAL INSPECTION BEFORE USE.
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: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 725 hours in all; 340 in this make and model; 90 in the last 90 days; 65 in the last 30 days; 600 as pilot in command; 2 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,700 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, April 10, 1994; 60 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,400 lb
- Seats: 7
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming IO-540-KIA5 (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Veazie Air
The flight
- Departed from: FAI Fairbanks AK at 2:22 am
- Flight plan: VFR
- Runway 35, 3,000 ft by 50 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 12,000 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 50°F (10°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 5 |
Other NTSB records under N8908N the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ANC94LA055.