# Accident 20000911041769A: Piper PA31350, Anchorage, AK, September 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2000, 21:13 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LCXC
- Location: 61.1591° N, 149.9898° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1591&lon=-149.9898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27179 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000911041769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS INBOUND TO MERRILL FIELD, VFR. A DEVIATION WAS APPROVED BY ANCHORAGE APPROACH. PILOT STATED HE FLEW INTO WAKE TURBULENCE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INBOUND MD-11. THE R/H WING HAD SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS WELL AS THE R/H ELEVATOR. THE L/H WING HAD SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. ALL AS A RESULT OF THE TURBULENCE. THE PILOT LANDED AT MERRILL FIELD WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC00LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA120), Sep 11, 2000: Piper PA-31-350 (N27179), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the TRACON air traffic controller to issue a wake turbulence advisory to the pilot, and a wake turbulence encounter by the pilot. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inadequate…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.