# Incident 19960923029349I: Piper PA31350, Kwigillingok, AK, September 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kwigillingok, AK
- Airport: Kwigillingok Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KUSA
- Location: 59.8757° N, 163.1681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KWIGILLINGOK (GGV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8757&lon=-163.1681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960923029349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.