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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Kwigillingok, AK · September 23, 1996

Date: September 23, 1996 · 10:30 local
Place: Kwigillingok, AK
Airport: Kwigillingok Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: KUSA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N800JS
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 19,000 total50 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on September 23, 1996, Mr. Andrew r. fox, acted as pilot-in-command of a Piper PA-31-350, owned and operated by kusko aviation, inc., of bethel, AK a part 135 on-demand. Operator Mr. Fox departed kipnuk, AK (AK11K) for a ten minute flight to Kwigillingok, AK (AK85). There were four (4) passengers on board. Mr. Fox landed the aircraft without placing the landing gear in the down position. There were no injuries to the passengers or to Mr. Fox, and damage to the aircraft did not constitute an accident. This event was classified as an incident by NTSB.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1996, MR. ANDREW R. FOX, ACTED AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A PIPER PA-31-350, OWNED AND OPERATED BY KUSKO AVIATION, INC., OF BETHEL, AK A PART 135 ON-DEMAND. OPERATOR MR. FOX DEPARTED KIPNUK, AK (AK11K) FOR A TEN MINUTE FLIGHT TO KWIGILLINGOK, AK (AK85). THERE WERE FOUR (4) PASSENGERS ON BOARD. MR. FOX LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT PLACING THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS OR TO MR. FOX, AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CONSTITUTE AN ACCIDENT. THIS EVENT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT BY NTSB.