# Incident 20011020029559I: Piper PA23250, Kodiak, AK, October 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2001, 13:15 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiak Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.8059° N, 152.3738° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KODIAK MUNI (KDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.8059&lon=-152.3738&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7147C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7147C-2026-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020029559I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19960210007689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960210007689I), Feb 10, 1996: Piper PA23250 (N7147C), Kodiak, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: 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…

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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