# Incident 19960210007689I: Piper PA23250, Kodiak, AK, February 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1996, 10:33 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiak Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.8059° N, 152.3738° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KODIAK MUNI (KDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.8059&lon=-152.3738&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7147C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7147C-2026-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 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/19960210007689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 02/10/96, MR. MELVIN E. MORRIS, JR. DEPARTED THE KODIAK STATE AIRPORT IN N7147C, A PIPER PA-23-250 AFTER OBTAINING FUEL FROM THE KODIAK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHERE HE BASES HIS AIRCRAFT. THE WEATHER WAS WINDY BUT VFR WITH TURBULENCE. ABOUT 1 TO 1 1/2 MILES OUT ON APPROACH, HE PUT GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND WHILE CONCENTRATING ON THE APPROACH AND OBSERVING SOME BIRDS IN HIS APPROACH PATH, HE DIDN'T HEAR ANY GEAR WARNING HORN OR SEE ANY WARNING LIGHTS, SINCE NEITHER APPARENTLY WORKED. HE LANDED GEAR UP SMOOTHLY WITHOUT INJURY TO HIMSELF. NO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE ON-BOARD. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROPS AND GEAR DOORS AND UNDER-BELLY--ALL MINOR. FLAPS DIDN'T COME DOWN EITHER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED. AIRCRAFT IN SHOP FOR GEAR, ENGINE AND PROP OVERHAUL.

## Other reports on N7147C (1)

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

- [Incident 20011020029559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020029559I), Oct 20, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N7147C), Kodiak, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot attempted to land at Kodiak Municipal Airport. He got a nose gear unsafe indication. He notified tower of situation, landed at Kodiak state airport…

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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