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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Kodiak, AK · October 20, 2001

Date: October 20, 2001 · 13:15 local
Place: Kodiak, AK
Airport: Kodiak Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7147C
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N7147CRegistration cancelled Jul 5, 2026 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-4472 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot attempted to land at Kodiak Municipal Airport. He got a nose gear unsafe indication. He notified tower of situation, landed at Kodiak state airport without incident. Pilot inspected nose gear and determined nothing was wrong and gear was locked. Pilot took off from state and landed at municipal where on landing roll out nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT KODIAK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. HE GOT A NOSE GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION. HE NOTIFIED TOWER OF SITUATION, LANDED AT KODIAK STATE AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. PILOT INSPECTED NOSE GEAR AND DETERMINED NOTHING WAS WRONG AND GEAR WAS LOCKED. PILOT TOOK OFF FROM STATE AND LANDED AT MUNICIPAL WHERE ON LANDING ROLL OUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

Other reports on N7147C · 1

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

Incident 19960210007689ILevel Off Touchdown · Kodiak, AKNarrative: on 02/10/96, Mr. Melvin e. morris, jr. departed the Kodiak state airport in N7147C, a Piper PA-23-250 after obtaining fuel from the Kodiak Municipal Airport where he bases his aircraft. The weather was windy but VFR with turbulence. About 1 to 1…Feb 10, 1996 · Minor damage