# Incident 19990104004099I: Piper PA31350, Sheldon Point, AK, January 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1999, 16:28 local time
- Place: Sheldon Point, AK
- Airport: Sheldons Point Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Aircraft: N27472, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27472-2021-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 350 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/19990104004099I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE PILOT ELECTED TO FLY A LOW, FLAT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 2 AT SHELDON POINT, ALASKA, TO ASSURE A LANDING WITHIN THE THRESHOLD DUE TO REPORTS OF POOR BRAKING ON THE RUNWAY. ON SHORT FINAL, THE LANDING GEAR CONTACTED A SNOW BURM, FOLLOWED BY A NORMAL LANDING.  THE PILOT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR AFTER SHUTDOWN AND DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING IRREGULAR.  HE CONTINUED ON TO BETHEL, AND THEN ON TO ALAKANUK WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AFTER DEPARTED ALAKANUK, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.  THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO HIS HOME BASE OF EMMONAK, ALASKA, AND REPORTED THE GEAR PROBLEM AND THE SNOW BURM IMPACT TO MAINTENANCE.  GRANT AVIATION'S DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO THEIR ASSIGNED PRINCIPAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR.  ANC FSDO INCIDENT ID NO. IAL39010501.

## Other reports on N27472 (2)

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

- [Incident 20010118001399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010118001399I), Jan 18, 2001: Piper PA31350 (N27472), Burlington, WA, Minor damage. (-23) The company flight instructor occupied the right seat and was administering FAR 135 flight training to the pilot in the left seat. While in the traffic…
- [Accident 19910808032689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910808032689A), Aug 8, 1991: Piper PA31350 (N27472), Emmonak, AK, Substantial damage. Student inadvertently raised gear instead of flaps on touch and go.

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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