# Incident 20011226034699I: Piper PA31350, Aniak, AK, December 26, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2001, 18:45 local time
- Place: Aniak, AK
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GSBA
- Location: 61.5799° N, 159.5476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aniak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5799&lon=-159.5476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59722, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59722-2016-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 350 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011226034699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ENCOUNTERED MAP CHANGE AT ALTITUDE IN CRUISE, SHUT ENGINE DOWN WHILE ENROUTE FROM ANC TO BET. DIVERTED TO ANIAK AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N59722 (2)

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

- [Incident 19980817027489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980817027489I), Aug 17, 1998: Piper PA31350 (N59722), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Nose wheel would not extend, landed on mains only.
- [Incident 19791108055119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791108055119I), Nov 8, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N59722), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. After takeoff, cockpit filled with smoke. Found hole in heater burner can P/N65079/76195D, janitrol B4050.

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.