# Accident 20110104000149A: Piper PA-32-300, Platinum, AK, January 4, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2011, 14:00 local time
- Place: Platinum, AK
- Airport: Platinum
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: K1IC
- Location: 59.0114° N, 161.8194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0114&lon=-161.8194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9304K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9304K-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110104000149A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRPORT MANAGER AT PLATINUM STATED THE PILOT FLEW OVER HEAD, AND THEN LANDED ON THE CLOSED RUNWAY. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SNOW BERM AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ANC11LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA008), Jan 4, 2011: Piper PA-32-300 (N9304K), Platinum, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misidentification of the airport's active runway, resulting in an off-runway landing and collision with a ditch/berm.

## Other reports on N9304K (1)

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

- [Accident 19820408008479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820408008479A), Apr 8, 1982: Piper PA32300 (N9304K), Akiachak, AK, Substantial damage. Unable to obtain liftoff speed on rough soft runway, aborted takeoff, ran off end of runway. Broke thru river ice.

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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