# Incident 19940429020489I: Piper PA20, Nome, AK, April 29, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1994, 14:00 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Airport: Nome City Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5114° N, 165.3902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NOME CITY FLD (94Z), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5114&lon=-165.3902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7440K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7440K-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 15 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940429020489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK AN OIL DRUM WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAXI AROUND A MUD PUDDLE.

## Other reports on N7440K (2)

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

- [Accident 20050704017449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050704017449A), Jul 4, 2005: Piper PA20 (N7440K), Nome, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated: "on rollout at iron creek strip a wind gust under right hand wing lifted it up. Powered back up, landed hard again. Right hand gear…
- [Accident 19850922046989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850922046989A), Sep 22, 1985: Piper PA20 (N7440K), Feather River, AK, Substantial damage. At touchdown a gust of wind caused loss of directional control. Aircraft flipped over. Area of unpredictable winds.

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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