# Incident 19990719018129I: Piper PA22150, Chandalar, AK, July 19, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1999, 19:30 local time
- Place: Chandalar, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 67.5053° N, 148.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandalar, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.5053&lon=-148.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2334P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2334P-2004-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990719018129I

## Narrative

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

(-5)MR. AYER STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING ON A 700-800 FOOT MINING STRIP, APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES EAST OF CHANDALAR, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND OR POSSIBLE WIND SHEAR APPROX. 4-5 FEET OFF OF THE GOUND. MR. AYER ADDED POWER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT A HARD LANDING FROM OCCURRING. MR. AYER REPORTS THE FOLLWOING DAMAGE; DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT STRUT, DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT BUNGEE CORD, A POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. REPORTS THAT NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE WINGS OR TAIL, ALTHOUGH THE TAIL WAS DRUG APPROX. 2 FEET.  AM WAITING FOR THE NTSB CLASSIFICTION AND NUMBER.

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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