# Incident 20021031032099I: Piper PA31350, Watkins, CO, October 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2002, 19:20 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DHFA
- Location: 39.6984° N, 104.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watkins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6984&lon=-104.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400JM-2021-05-08) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,144 total, 711 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021031032099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON ILS APPROACH TO FRONT RANGE AIRPORT. PILOT STATED HE BROKE OUT OF OVERCAST AT APPROX. 300 FEET AT WHICH TIME HE DISENGAGED AUTOPILOT AND CONTINUED TO FLY MANUALLY TO LANDING. BECAUSE OF FRONT WINDSHIELD BEING ALMOST TOTALLY OBSCURED WITH ICE HE DIPPED BELOW GLIDESLOPE AND HIT 'SOMETHING', BUT CONTINUED TO A LANDING. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED AIRCRAFT HIT TOP LINE OF POWER LINES APPROX 1/2 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY. INVESTIGATION OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND FLIGHT LOGS SHOWED NO INDICATION OF ERRORS MADE IN MAINTENANCE. CAUSE ATTRIBUTED TO FAILURE OF WINDSHEILD HEAT, SUBSEQUENT ICING ON WINDSHIELD OBSCURED PILOTS' VISION CAUSING INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N400JM (1)

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

- [Accident 20190312001219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190312001219A), Mar 12, 2019: Piper PA-31-350 (N400JM), Madeira, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On March 12, 2019, about 8 miles north of dayton wright brothers airport (kmgy) the pilot of N400JM requested a "progressive" approach to kluk from columbus…

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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