# Incident 20031114029069I: Piper PA32R301, Ambler, AK, November 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Ambler, AK
- Airport: Ambler
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FWRA
- Location: 67.1062° N, 157.8572° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AMBLER (AFM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.1062&lon=-157.8572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84023, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84023) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031114029069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT AMBLER, AK., THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED, AND DURING THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER WAS STRIKING THE GROUND, THE PILOT MR. FOX APPLIED FULL POWER AND DEPARTED THE AMBLER AIRPORT. THE PILOTS WRITTEN STATEMENT SAID THAT PRIOR TO LANDING HE HAD ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND ONLY AFTER THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, DID  THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT ELIMINATE. AFTER HIS DEPARTURE FROM AMBLER, HE RETURNED TO KOTZEBUE, AK., WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N84023 (1)

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

- [Incident 20160711011019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160711011019I), Jul 11, 2016: Piper PA-32R-301 (N84023), Plymouth, MA, Minor damage. On July 11, 2016, the operator of N84023 experienced a landing gear malfunction and departed runway 06 to the left side into the grass. The weather reported at…

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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