# Incident 19960815027389I: Piper PA31310, Anchorage, AK, August 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1996, 04:55 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FMAA
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A2C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 130 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960815027389I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TOK JUNCTION, MEDIVAC FLIGHT LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION, AT APPROXIMATE 0300 HOURS. PILOT PREPARING FOR LANDING AT MERRILL FIELD SLOWED AIRCRAFT TO 140 MPH SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND ONLY GOT TWO GREEN LIGHTS, PILOT THEN USED OPERATORS MANUAL, SLOWED AIRCRAFT TO 120 MPH TRIED HAND PUMP TO NO AVAIL. PILOT CALLED ANCHORAGE APPROACH REPORTED SITUATION AND REQUESTED FLY BY OF THE TOWER, BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC HE FLEW PAST THE TOWER AT 1,000 FT. AND THE TOWER COULD NOT SEE THE GEAR, SO HE FLEW BY AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE TOWER THOUGHT THEY COULD SEE TWO GEAR BUT WAS NOT SURE, THIRD TRY THE TOWER THOUGHT THEY SAW ALL THREE HANGING DOWN, THEN THE AIRCRAFT FLEW DOWN RUNWAY 14 WITH THE FIRE CREWS WATCHING AND THEY THOUGHT THEY SAW THREE GEAR HANGING DOWN, FINAL PASS WAS MADE AND PILOT LANDED ON RIGHT AND NOSE GEAR HELD IT THERE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND FINALLY SETTLED ON LEFT GEAR, TAXIED TO STOP. PILOT EXAMINED GEAR MADE SURE IT WAS IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND TAXIED TO SIGNATURE HANGAR. 08-16-96 PILOT GOT FERRY PERMIT TO FLY FROM ANC TO AERO TWIN INC. AT MRI. AERO TWIN INC. WO 10413/N87TS FOUND L/H MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK FROZEN UP.

## Other reports on N87TS (1)

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

- [Accident 19890520014169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890520014169A), May 20, 1989: Piper PA31350 (N87TS), Tok, AK, Substantial damage. Forgot to extend the landing gear on a familiarzation flight and landed gear up.

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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