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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T3 · Savoonga, AK · January 25, 2000

Date
January 25, 2000 · 09:44 local
Place
Savoonga, AK
Airport
Savoonga
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CSAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N220CS
Reported as
Piper PA31T3
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A11
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,000 total1,013 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted N220CS arrived at Savoonga, AK (sva) on an IFR flight poan and was going a visual approach to rwy 23, circle to rwy 05. The pilot decided he was not in a position to make a safe landing and did a go-around, retracting the landing gear on the next attempt the gear was not lowered and the airplane landed gear-up. Pilot stated that he was having head-set problems during this sequen e and was distracted. He did not hear or was not aware of a gear unsafe horn until on the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N220CS ARRIVED AT SAVOONGA, AK (SVA) ON AN IFR FLIGHT POAN AND WAS GOING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RWY 23, CIRCLE TO RWY 05. THE PILOT DECIDED HE WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE A SAFE LANDING AND DID A GO-AROUND, RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR ON THE NEXT ATTEMPT THE GEAR WAS NOT LOWERED AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED GEAR-UP. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING HEAD-SET PROBLEMS DURING THIS SEQUEN E AND WAS DISTRACTED. HE DID NOT HEAR OR WAS NOT AWARE OF A GEAR UNSAFE HORN UNTIL ON THE GROUND.

Other reports on N220CS · 2

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