# Incident 19901210062059I: Piper PA31350, Nome, AK, December 10, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1990, 12:20 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Airport: Nome
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5126° N, 165.4444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NOME (OME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5126&lon=-165.4444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4118G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4118G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 325 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901210062059I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. FLEW TO BASE AND LANDED NOSE GEAR UP. LOST HYDRAULIC FLUID DUE TO BROKEN SHUTTLE VALVE.

## Other reports on N4118G (3)

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

- [Incident 20150911024129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150911024129I), Sep 11, 2015: Piper PA-31-350 (N4118G), Wales, AK, Minor damage. On 9/11/15 flight 890 I was flying N4118G from nome to waa. On landing in waa I flew over overhead and entered downwind for runway 36. On downwind I put the…
- [Incident 20131023021329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131023021329I), Oct 23, 2013: Piper PA-31-350 (N4118G), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft turing on taxiway, slid on icy patch and hit fence
- [Incident 19910115000689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910115000689I), Jan 15, 1991: Piper PA31350 (N4118G), Nome, AK, Minor damage. Unable to extend nose gear on approach. Returned to departure point. Actuator shuttle valve assembly was broken.

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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