# Incident 19890217018439I: Piper PA31350, Unalaska, AK, February 17, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1989, 19:23 local time
- Place: Unalaska, AK
- Airport: Unalaska
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 53.8989° N, 166.5450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNALASKA (DUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.8989&lon=-166.5450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74965, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74965-1994-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,015 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 192 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890217018439I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING. LANDED WITH GEAR UP. MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N74965 (2)

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

- [Incident 19790623016189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790623016189I), Jun 23, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N74965), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed after touchdown. Airplane had been operating in mud, mud packed in mechanism.
- [Incident 19780523039699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780523039699I), May 23, 1978: Piper PA31350 (N74965), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Left wheel and strut missing on landing.

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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