# Incident 19981227041929I: Piper PA31T3, Wales, AK, December 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1998, 12:00 local time
- Place: Wales, AK
- Airport: Wales Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CSAA
- Location: 65.6226° N, 168.0950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALES (IWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.6226&lon=-168.0950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N217CS-2009-01-14) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 310 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981227041929I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING. STEERING LINKAGE FOUND BROKEN. NTSB INSPECTION OF LINKAGE SHOWED BREAKAGE BECAUSE OF SIDELOAD.

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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