ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299188
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| Date: | Monday 27 March 2000 |
| Time: | 10:23 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R |
| Owner/operator: | Servant Air Inc. |
| Registration: | N8540F |
| MSN: | 32R-7780108 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | FAIRBANKS, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (PAFA) |
| BEAVER , AK (WBQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial certificated pilot obtained a Special VFR clearance and departed on the first portion of a cargo flight. The visibility at the airport was 2 1/2 miles in light snow. After departure, the pilot said the sky condition worsened, becoming more obscured and indefinite. He decided to return to the airport and obtained a Special VFR clearance back to the airport. He was cleared to land on a runway which does not have a visual approach slope indicator (VASI). During the landing approach, the pilot said he could see the approach end of the runway, but the lighting conditions were very flat. The airplane collided with snow-covered terrain, about 25 yards short of the approach end of the runway. The landing gear was sheared off, and the airplane received damage to the engine cowling, belly structure, and wing spars.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude, and subsequent undershoot during landing. Factors in the accident were light snow precipitation, flat light conditions, snow-covered terrain, and the absence of a visual approach slope indicator.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC00LA038
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 03:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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