# Incident 19851205065929I: Piper PA31350, Kenai, AK, December 5, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1985, 12:50 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SOCA
- Location: 60.6607° N, 150.9010° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6607&lon=-150.9010&mi=10
- Aircraft: N492SC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,329 total, 794 in this make and model, 325 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC86IA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86IA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851205065929I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN WOULD NOT RETRACT. CONTINUED GEAR DOWN. CYCLED GEAR BUT RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED. DRAG LINK HAD FAILED.

## 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 ANC86IA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86IA010), Dec 5, 1985: Piper Navajo PA-31-350 (N492SC), Kenai, AK, incident, minor damage

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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