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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Kotzebue, AK · January 2, 1990

Date
January 2, 1990 · 15:00 local
Place
Kotzebue, AK
Airport
Ralph Wien Memorial
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FXTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N35164
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,100 total650 in this make and model366 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hit ice berm on snowy runway. Made go around. Right gear was bent. Landed and veered off runway when gear collapsed

As the FAA filed it

HIT ICE BERM ON SNOWY RUNWAY. MADE GO AROUND. RIGHT GEAR WAS BENT. LANDED AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY WHEN GEAR COLLAPSED