# Accident 19800121000789A: Piper PA32300, Chignik, AK, January 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: Chignik, AK
- Airport: Chignik Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 56.2555° N, 158.7778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHIGNIK LAKE (A79), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.2555&lon=-158.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29148, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29148-2012-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,245 total, 687 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800121000789A

## Narrative

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

LEFT LANDING GEAR FAILED ON LANDING ROLL. ATTACH BOLTS SHEARED FROM OVERLOAD. LARGE CHUNKS OF FROZEN SNOW ON RUNWAY

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC80DA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA026), Jan 21, 1980: Piper PA-32 (N29148), Chignik Lake, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N29148 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880722027539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880722027539A), Jul 22, 1988: Piper PA32300 (N29148), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. Airborne aircraft settled back on runway on takeoff. Ran off end of runway. Plane above maximum gross takeoff weight

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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