# Incident 20011204032559I: Piper PA32300, Kipnuk, AK, December 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2001, 19:25 local time
- Place: Kipnuk, AK
- Airport: Kipnuk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GSBA
- Location: 59.9316° N, 164.0281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIPNUK (IIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9316&lon=-164.0281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N107TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N107TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011204032559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 3, 2001, AT 1925 ALASKA STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-32-300 WHEEL EQUIPPED AIRPLANE, N107TA, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER STRIKING THE RUNWAY WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE KIPNUK AIRPORT AT KIPNUK ALASKA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CROSS-COUNTRY 14CFR135 CARGO ONLY FLIGHT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND ONLY A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONTAINED TO NOSE GEAR, PROPELLER, AND THE ENGINE. THE PILOT, MR. MURPHY, IN A STATEMENT REPORTED THAT THE WIND CONDITIONS WERE WITHIN 10 DEGREES OF THE RUNWAY HEADING AT 13 KNOTS. MR. MURPHY ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH A LEFT OVERHEAD AT 100MPH ON THE DOWNWIND, MADE A BASE LEG AT 500MSL ABOUT 1/2 TO 3/4'S OF MILE FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 33, HE APPROACHED WITH FLAPS SELECTED AT FULL AND SLOWED TO 85MPH. HE THEN STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY THE LANDING LIGHT DIDN'T GLOW ON THE RUNWAY PROPERLY TO HELP HIS VISUAL REFERENCE TO START TO FLAIR. STRUCK THE RUNWAY, DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER VEERING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY SLID ONTO A FROZEN LAKE SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT COMING TO A REST POINTING THE NOSE BACK TO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N107TA (2)

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

- [Incident 20010213001459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010213001459I), Feb 13, 2001: Piper PA32300 (N107TA), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot experienced rough running engine, landed a/c on snow covered road.
- [Incident 19910208015579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910208015579I), Feb 8, 1991: Piper PA32300 (N107TA), New Stuyahok, AK, Minor damage. Landed short of runway. Pilot stated he had a sudden drop in gusty winds. Pilot reported gust to 40 knots.

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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