# Accident 20040917024189A: Piper PA31350, Minchumina, AK, September 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2004, 13:05 local time
- Place: Minchumina, AK
- Airport: Minchumina Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXGA
- Location: 55.9195° N, 159.4901° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.9195&lon=-159.4901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41185, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41185-2010-12-27) (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: 22,650 total, 125 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040917024189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRMAN STATED THAT AS HE REACHED FOR THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL TO LOWER THE GEAR HE RECEIVED A RADIO CALL REQUIRING THAT HE SELECT THE APPROPRIATE TRANSMITTER IN ORDER TO ANSWER. RATHER THAN LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR HE SELECTED THE RADIO. DUE TO THIS DISTRACTION AND HIS FAILURE TO USE THE CHECKLIST APPROPRIATELY HE LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ANC04LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA117), Sep 17, 2004: Piper PA-31-350 (N41185), Telida, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the pilot-in-command to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing and structural damage to the airplane.

## Other reports on N41185 (4)

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

- [Accident 20090219046769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090219046769A), Feb 19, 2009: Piper PA-31-350 (N41185), Nome, AK, Substantial damage. Ptrs # AL01200901836PILOT experienced controlled flight into terrain under VFR flight plan. The pilot was flying south east bound from brevig mission airport,…
- [Incident 20080805843319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080805843319I), Aug 5, 2008: Piper PA31350 (N41185), Kotzebue, AK, No damage. (-23) Birds struck during takeoff roll prior to rotation. No damage found.
- [Accident 20060708013899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060708013899A), Jul 8, 2006: Piper PA31350 (N41185), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot failed to verify that the landing gear had extended, which it had not, and consequently landed gear up. [privacy data omitted]
- [Accident 19940628018969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940628018969A), Jun 28, 1994: Piper PA31350 (N41185), Sheldon Point, AK, Substantial damage. Landed short of gravel strip. Gear hit runway raised lip. Marginal strip for PA31. Inadequate yellow marker cones.

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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