# Accident 19910330008219A: Piper PA31T3, Kenai, AK, March 30, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1991, 21:31 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SOCA
- Location: 60.6609° N, 150.9007° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6609&lon=-150.9007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308SC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T3
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A11
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,760 total, 167 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC91LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910330008219A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE EXTEND NOSE GEAR. LANDED WITH IT UP. SHIMMY DAMPNER ROD BROKE JAMMED GEAR.

## 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 ANC91LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA043), Mar 31, 1991: Piper PA-31T (N308SC), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILED NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPNER, CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ROUGH ICE AND SNOW COVERED RAMPS WHERE THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN OPERATING AND THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE ON THE RUNWAYS.

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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