# Incident 20000125000969I: Piper PA31T3, Savoonga, AK, January 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2000, 09:44 local time
- Place: Savoonga, AK
- Airport: Savoonga
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CSAA
- Location: 63.6863° N, 170.4932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAVOONGA (SVA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.6863&lon=-170.4932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N220CS-2000-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T3 (registry code 7103128, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T3
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A11
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 1,013 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000125000969I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 20000918040729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000918040729A), Sep 18, 2000: Piper PA31T3 (N220CS), Nuiqsut, AL, No damage, 5 fatal. (-23)At approximately 1510 local time on September 18, 2000 the pilot landed at Nuiqsut, Alaska without extending the landing gear. After touching down on the…
- [Accident 19991015029069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991015029069A), Oct 15, 1999: Piper PA31T3 (N220CS), Gambell, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On October 15, 1999, about 1630 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-31-T3 airplane, N220CS, sustained substantial damage when it collided with a bird about…

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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