# Accident 20070519009999A: Piper PA32300, Kenai, AK, May 19, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2007, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4586° N, 151.9336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4586&lon=-151.9336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4025W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4025W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070519009999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN AND DURING ROLLOUT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DETACHED FROM THE AIRFRAME. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND THE LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER RECEIVED DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO PROP STRIKE.

## 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 ANC07LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA038), May 19, 2007: Piper PA-32 (N4025W), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The left main landing gear attaching bolts sheared during landing, which resulted in the left main landing gear collapsing and the left wing and the stabilator striking the ground.

## Other reports on N4025W (2)

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

- [Incident 19941115045539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941115045539I), Nov 15, 1994: Piper PA32300 (N4025W), Eek, AK, Minor damage. Snap on landing roll. Left gear went soft. Veered into snowbank. Defect not stated.
- [Incident 19821002063949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821002063949I), Oct 2, 1982: Piper PA32300 (N4025W), Port Heiden, AK, Minor damage. Collapsed nose gear, while taxiing on a beach.

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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