# Incident 19971016038279I: Piper PA31T3, Barrow, AK, October 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1997, 16:20 local time
- Place: Barrow, AK
- Airport: Wiley Post-Will Rogers Mem
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CSAA
- Location: 71.2849° N, 156.7686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST-WILL ROGERS MEML (BRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=71.2849&lon=-156.7686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N219CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219CS-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T3 (registry code 7103128, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,611 total, 39 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971016038279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT, VIKTOR A ZOROV WAS PERFORMING START UP AND REPOSITIONING PROCEDURE WITH A PA 31T3-1040 #N219CS AND TAXIED INTO A BE-99. ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED BY CAPT. SMYTHE AIRSERVICE IN BARROW, AK. THE RAMP CONDITIONS WERE VERY POOR, WITH SNOW OVER ICE. BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL.

## Other reports on N219CS (1)

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

- [Accident 20000221005809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000221005809A), Feb 21, 2000: Piper PA31T3 (N219CS), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On 02-21-2000, N219CS, a PA-31-3T piloted by[privacy data omitted]was flying the GPS runway 8 approach to kotebue, Alaska. He stated the approach 40…

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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