# Incident 19970122002209I: Piper PA31350, Sacramento, CA, January 22, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1997, 14:18 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNIA
- Location: 38.5129° N, 121.4933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO EXEC (SAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5129&lon=-121.4933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27181, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27181-2002-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 30 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970122002209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH TO MATHER FIELD, CA AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW GLIDE PATH TO RUNWAY 22L AND HIT HIGH POWER ELECTRIC WIRES LOCATED ON AERO-JET GENERAL PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY BUT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS, PITOT TUBE, AND SKIN ON LANDING GEAR DOORS, THERE WAS ALSO LIGHT SKIN AND PAINT DAMAGED TO THE NOSE AREA OF AIRCRAFT. POINT OF IMPACT WAS 51/2 MILES FROM END OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N27181 (1)

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

- [Accident 19991210044399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991210044399A), Dec 10, 1999: Piper PA31350 (N27181), Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) PIC reported that he departed flg for his destination phx. After he had entered phx class b airspace at about 4000 MSL he experienced a power surge in…

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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