# Accident 20050704017449A: Piper PA20, Nome, AK, July 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2005, 08:45 local time
- Place: Nome, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.5000° N, 165.4333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.5000&lon=-165.4333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7440K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7440K-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 187 total, 160 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050704017449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED: "ON ROLLOUT AT IRON CREEK STRIP A WIND GUST UNDER RIGHT HAND WING LIFTED IT UP. POWERED BACK UP, LANDED HARD AGAIN. RIGHT HAND GEAR COLLAPSED, WENT ON BACK WITH A SLOW FLOP." "ESTIMATED CROSSWIND WAS 15-17 KNOTS AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE OFF THE NOSE ON THE RIDGETOP. THE LANDING SURFACE WAS SHALE SHIST, A LITTLE SOFT." "DAMAGED RUDDER, LEFT HAND STRUT, BOTH WING TIPS, RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR. PROP AND ENGINE STOPPED SUDDENLY." "MY LOW PASS FELT GOOD, THE NEXT PASS O.K. LANDED, THEN HAD PROBLEMS." "PLAN TO TRAILER IT OUT ON FOUR WHEELER TRAILS." ^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 ANC05CA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA091), Jul 4, 2005: Piper PA-20 (N7440K), Nome, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in the collapse of the main landing gear, and a nose over. A factor associated with the accident was a…

## Other reports on N7440K (2)

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

- [Incident 19940429020489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940429020489I), Apr 29, 1994: Piper PA20 (N7440K), Nome, AK, Minor damage. Pilot struck an oil drum while attempting to taxi around a mud puddle.
- [Accident 19850922046989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850922046989A), Sep 22, 1985: Piper PA20 (N7440K), Feather River, AK, Substantial damage. At touchdown a gust of wind caused loss of directional control. Aircraft flipped over. Area of unpredictable winds.

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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