# Incident 20080805843319I: Piper PA31350, Kotzebue, AK, August 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2008, 13:05 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Ralph Wien Memorial
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FFSA
- Location: 66.8848° N, 162.5981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALPH WIEN MEML (OTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8848&lon=-162.5981&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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 700 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080805843319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BIRDS STRUCK DURING TAKEOFF ROLL PRIOR TO ROTATION.  NO DAMAGE FOUND.

## 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,…
- [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 20040917024189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040917024189A), Sep 17, 2004: Piper PA31350 (N41185), Minchumina, AK, Minor damage. (-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…
- [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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