# Incident 19780914019109I: Piper PA32R300, Kodiak, AK, September 14, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4284R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4284R-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 723 total, 377 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/19780914019109I

## Narrative

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

GEAR SEPERATED AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF, SCISSOR BOLT HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N4284R (1)

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

- [Accident 19781121044529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781121044529A), Nov 21, 1978: Piper PA32300 (N4284R), Old Harbor, AK, Destroyed. Indicates airplane operated into adverse wind and weather in mountina pass. Struck rock wall in level flight.

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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