# Incident 20130915021069I: Piper PA-31-350, Teller, AK, September 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2013, 12:23 local time
- Place: Teller, AK
- Airport: Teller
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXTA
- Location: 65.2404° N, 166.3394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TELLER (TER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.2404&lon=-166.3394&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4112E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4112E) (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 PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130915021069I

## Narrative

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

ON  SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 A NAVAJO, PA-31-350, N4112E WAS APPROACHING THE TELLER, ALASKA AIRPORT FOR LANDING. THE PILOT NOTICED A CRACKLING NOISE COMING FROM HIS NOISE CANCELING HEADSET, INDICATING THE BATTERY WAS GOING DEAD. BEING DISTRACTED BY THIS, THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR. DURING THE FLARE, THE PILOT STATED HIS HEADSET GAVE OUT COMPLETELY JUST BEFORE THE PROPELLERS HIT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP. MINOR DAMAGE ON THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4112E (2)

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

- [Incident 20160511007579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160511007579I), May 11, 2016: Piper PA-31-350 (N4112E), Kotzebue, AK, No damage. Landing gear hydraulic pump failed, pilot proceeded to use the aircraft emergency hand pump to lower the landing gear to the down and locked position. With…
- [Incident 19900423020799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900423020799I), Apr 23, 1990: Piper PA31350 (N4112E), Nome, AK. Bird strike on top of windshield center. Returned and landed safely.

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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