# Incident 20131209024279I: Piper PA-31-350, Tanana, AK, December 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Tanana, AK
- Airport: Tanana
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WVBA
- Location: 65.1840° N, 152.0551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tanana, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.1840&lon=-152.0551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4082T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4082T) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,472 total, 622 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131209024279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED PAFA ENROUTE TO PATA AT APPROXIMATELY 1706 AST. HE WAS CLEARED FOR THE RNAV RWY 7 APPROACH. HONSI TRANSITION. PATA WEATHER WAS 500 OVC AND 1 1/2 MILE VIS. HE FLEW THE TRANSITION 500 LOW. HE CROSSED THE FAF 700 FT. LOW. AT APPROXIMATELY 3 NM SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE WITH THE LEFT ENGINE, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT. MSL. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND CLIMBED OUT WITH A RIGHT TURN AND CONTACTED ANC CENTER FOR AN IFR CLEARANCE BACK TO FAIRBANKS. HE DID NOT EXECUTE THE PUBLISHED MISSED APPROACH. HE DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY OR TELL ATC OF THE TREE STRIKE. AFTER REACHING 9000 FT. HE TOLD ATC THAT HIS LEFT ENGINE WAS NOT DEVELOPING FULL POWER. HE LANDED AT FAIRBANKS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE.

## Other reports on N4082T (3)

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

- [Incident 20040121000609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040121000609I), Jan 21, 2004: Piper PA31350 (N4082T), Fort Yukon, AK. (-23) [privacy data omitted] loss of engine oil pressure and manifold pressure.
- [Incident 20020724016509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020724016509I), Jul 24, 2002: Piper PA31350 (N4082T), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted] aircraft departed fai and about 15 minutes into cruise flight, left engine lost oil pressure and a small fire was noticed in the…
- [Incident 19890314034709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890314034709I), Mar 14, 1989: Piper PA31350 (N4082T), Ogden, UT. Oil leak and manifold pressure dropped in right engine. Found NR4 cylilnder hold down bolts and piston rod broken.

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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