# Accident 20040321004899A: Piper PA31T3, Barter Island, AK, March 21, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2004, 15:15 local time
- Place: Barter Island, AK
- Airport: Barter Island Dew Station
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CSAA
- Location: 70.1339° N, 143.5770° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.1339&lon=-143.5770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N223CS-2009-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T3 (registry code 7103128, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T3
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321004899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED BETWEEN DEAD HORSE AND BARTER ISLAND AS AN ON-DEMAND CHARTER WITH THREE PASSENGERS AND ONE CREW MEMBER PILOT. THE FLIGHT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT RULES FLIGHT (IFR) PLAN. UPON ARRIVAL AT BARTER ISLAN THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) APPROACH TO RUNWAY 06. THE SURFACE WIND AND VISIBILITY AT THE TIME FAVORED RUNWAY 24. DURING THE FIRST APPROACH AND SUBSEQUENT CIRCLING MANEUVER TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23, THE PILOT LOST SIGHT OF THE RUNWAY TWICE. HE THEN PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE AND AGAIN RECEIVED CLEARANCE FOR THE GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 06. THIS TIME THE APPROACH WAS COMPLETED TO A LANDING. THE PILOT LANDED WITH A QUARTERING TAIL WIND. HE REPORTED EXPERIENCING FLAT LIGHT CONDITIONS DURING THE LANDING. HE USED REVERSE THRUST ON LANDING AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AROUND TO THE RIGHT. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE HIT A SNOW BERM THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE RUNWAY BEING ONLY PARTIALLY PLOWED. FLAT LIGHT, BLOWING SNOW, LOW VISIBILITY, RUNWAY CONDITIONS, POOR PILOT JUDGEMENT AND LACK OF OPERATIONAL CONTROL AT THIS COMPANY, WERE ALL FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT. ALSO, ACCORDING TO ALL THE INFORMATION GATHERED TO DATE, THERE WERE NO NOTICES TO AIRMAN PUBLISHED. (-23 AMENDMENT) AFTER INTERVIEWING THE PILOT IT IS DETERMINED THAT HIS JUDGMENT WAS NOT A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT. ALSO, ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION GATHERED THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT ANY NOTICES TO AIRMAN ISSUED THAT DESCRIBED THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC04LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA037), Mar 21, 2004: Piper PA-31T3 (N223CS), Kaktovik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in the airplane colliding with drifted snow during the landing roll. Factors contributing to the accident were a snow covered…

## Other reports on N223CS (1)

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

- [Incident 20050515011559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050515011559I), May 15, 2005: Piper PA31T3 (N223CS), Barrow, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On may 15, 2005, 1630 local time, at Barrow Alaska, N223CS landed on runway 6 with the landing gear retracted. The aircraft slid on the belly pod and the…

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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