# Incident 20030624014759I: Bnorm BN2A26, Kodiak, AK, June 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2003, 13:12 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: R19A
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27MR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27MR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Britten-Norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER (registry code 1520226, https://openairdocs.org/model/britten-norman-bn2a-26-islander) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A26
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,279 total, 350 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030624014759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND 7 PASSENGERS DEPARTED KODIAK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ENROUTE TO OLD HARBOR, ALASKA. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE MARGINAL AND PILOT HAD TO FOLLOW THE COAST. 25 MILES SOUTH EAST OF KODIAK IS A 875MSL (625AGL) LORAN TOWER MANNED BY THE COAST GUARD. PILOT ENCOUNTERED IMC CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOWER AND KEPT GETTING LOWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THROUGH BY FOLLOWING HIS GPS. HE FAILED TO SEE THE TOWER GUY WIRES UNTIL JUST BEFORE IMPACT. THE PROP CUT THE WIRE WHICH HIT THE COWLING AND FUSELAGE PLUS PUT A LARGE GOUGE IN THE PROP. PILOT CONTINUED TO OLD HARBOR WHERE THE PASSENGERS WERE DISCHARGED, AND AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT FLEW BACK TO KODIAK WITHOUT OBTAINING A FERRY PERMIT OR REPORTING THE INCIDENT UNTIL HE WAS AT KODIAK. PILOT WAS ADMINISTERED A DRUG TEST WHICH WAS POSITIVE. HE ADMITTED TO HAVING USED MARIJUANA THE PREVIOUS EVENING. THE COAST GUARD REPORTED THE GUY WAS CUT AT APPROXIMATELY 250 FT MSL (150-184 FT. AGL).

## Other reports on N27MR (2)

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

- [Accident 20070616012549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070616012549A), Jun 16, 2007: Bnorm BN2A26 (N27MR), Egegik, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) This was an on demand charter flight conducted to a beach landing site near Egegik, Alaska. The pilot reported the sand softer than normal causing the…
- [Accident 20020201002419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020201002419A), Feb 1, 2002: Bnorm BN2A26 (N27MR), Ouzinkie, AK, No damage. (-23) The weather conditions were marginable due to the gusting winds and the adjacent terrain. The pilot had completed two trips and was departing to complete…

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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