# Incident 19780523039699I: Piper PA31350, King Salmon, AK, May 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1978, 05:35 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6883° N, 156.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6883&lon=-156.6614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74965, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74965-1994-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,298 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780523039699I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT WHEEL AND STRUT MISSING ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N74965 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890217018439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890217018439I), Feb 17, 1989: Piper PA31350 (N74965), Unalaska, AK, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend the landing gear before landing. Landed with gear up. Minor damage.
- [Incident 19790623016189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790623016189I), Jun 23, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N74965), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed after touchdown. Airplane had been operating in mud, mud packed in mechanism.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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