# Incident 19870401027779I: Piper PA32300, Kwigillingok, AK, April 1, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1987, 16:15 local time
- Place: Kwigillingok, AK
- Airport: Kwigillingok
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LAQO
- Location: 59.8757° N, 163.1681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KWIGILLINGOK (GGV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8757&lon=-163.1681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4480X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4480X-2013-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870401027779I

## Narrative

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

DURING ROLLOUT THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AFTER STRIKING A SNOWBANK ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N4480X (1)

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

- [Accident 19950120003489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950120003489A), Jan 20, 1995: Piper PA32300 (N4480X), Akiak, AK, Substantial damage. Settled on climbout into overrun. Nosed over. Performance degraded by faulty magneto and a fowled spark plug.

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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