# Incident 19970829030349I: Piper PA32301, False Pass, AK, August 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1997, 13:24 local time
- Place: False Pass, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 54.8724° N, 163.3343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of False Pass, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=54.8724&lon=-163.3343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8212H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8212H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,432 total, 490 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970829030349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING THE TRANSITION FROM ROTATION TO A CRAB INTO THE RIGHT CROSS WIND OFF RUNWAY 13 AT FALSE PASS, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND WHICH LIFTED THE RIGHT WING CAUSING THE LEFT WING TIP TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY PILOT RESPONDED WITH FULL RIGHT ROLL AND MAINTAINED POSITIVE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. BECAUSE THERE APPEARED TO BE ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND THE CONDITIONS AT FALSE PASS WERE NOW UNPREDICTABLE AND GUSTING. PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO COLD BAY. THERE WERE NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS.

## Other reports on N8212H (2)

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

- [Accident 19950814027159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950814027159A), Aug 14, 1995: Piper PA32301 (N8212H), Togiak Village, AK, Substantial damage. Drifted on flare. Dropped wing. Struck tall grass on edge runway. Veered off. Collapsed gear. Blamed wind gust.
- [Incident 19901208062309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901208062309I), Dec 8, 1990: Piper PA32301 (N8212H), Fairbanks, AK. Alternator failed en route. Landed safely. Voltage regulator had failed.

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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