# Incident 19821113070419I: Piper PA32300, Sheldon Point, AK, November 13, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1982, 09:45 local time
- Place: Sheldon Point, AK
- Airport: Sheldons Point
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N38393, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38393-1996-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,600 total, 250 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821113070419I

## Narrative

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

WITNESS SAW AIRCRAFT LAND SHORT BOUNCE ONTO RUNWAY AND LOSE A WHEEL. REMAINED AIRBORNE. RETURNED TO BASE.

## Other reports on N38393 (2)

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

- [Accident 19931203047529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931203047529A), Dec 3, 1993: Piper PA32300 (N38393), Napakiak, AK, Substantial damage. High sink rate on u turn to final. Added power but stall mushed into snow covered tundra 300 ft short of runway.
- [Accident 19891001042339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891001042339A), Oct 1, 1989: Piper PA32300 (N38393), Kwethluk, AK, Substantial damage. Struck lip of the runway landing short. Impact severed right main landing gear.

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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