# Accident 20110710016252A: Piper PA-31-350, Port Alsworth, AK, July 10, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2011, 13:10 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HXXC
- Location: 60.5578° N, 153.3058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5578&lon=-153.3058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76RA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,071 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC11FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110710016252A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 10, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:10 IN THE AFTERNOON A PIPER PA31-350 N76RA PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HEADED ON A EASTERLY HEADING AT 2300 FEET MSL THROUGH LAKE CLARK PASS. THE PIC AND PASSENGERS FELT A SHUDDER IN THE AIRCRAFT AND A LOUD BANG. THE PIC STATED HE  HE SAW A FLOAT PLANE ABOUT 200 FEET DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM  AND STATED HE SAW ALUMINUM OUT THE LEFT WINDOW AND THOUGHT IT WAS A PONTOON OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. HE THOUGHT HIS AIRCRAFT HAD IMPACTED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT  AND AS HIS AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING WELL HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE ANY MANUEVERS OTHER THAN TO GET THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO MERRILL FIELD ALASKA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN ANCHORAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO HIMSELF OR HIS PASSENGERS WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT INVOLVED WAS A CESSNA 206U ON PONTOONS. THE AIRCRAFT N2186F ALSO RETURNED TO ANCHORAGE AT LAKE HOOD. THE CESSNA 206 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE SPREADER BAR AND LEFT FRONT OF THE FLOAT. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LAKE HOOD WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE INCURED. THE PIC  STATED HE SAW THE TAIL OF AN AIRCRAFT PASS BELOW AND TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE FOLLOWED BY VERY HARD JOLT.THE PASSENGERS OF THE CESSNA 206U DID NOT SEE ANYTHING.  AND ONLY FELT A JOLT AND HEARD A BANG. BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY WERE ACTIVELY SCANNING FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THEIR VICINITY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2186F, Cessna U206: [Accident 20110710016272A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110710016272A)

## 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 ANC11FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11FA062), Jul 10, 2011: Piper PA-31-350 (N76RA), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the approaching airplane. Contributing to the accident was that the pilot’s failure to listen to radio position reports from the other airplane on the common…

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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