# Incident 20141210023309I: Piper PA-31-350, King Salmon, AK, December 10, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2014, 12:40 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: King Salmon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: J95A
- Location: 58.6765° N, 156.6487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING SALMON (AKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6765&lon=-156.6487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400RA) (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: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,365 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 367 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141210023309I

## Narrative

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

N400RA WITH 9 SOULS ON BOARD HIT A DIRT BERM AT THE END OF RUNWAY 09 AT KOLIGANEK (PAJZ). CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. PILOT MADE ATTEMPTS TO RAISE GEAR, BUT GEAR FAILED TO RISE. AIRCRAFT PROCEDED TO IGIUGIG (PAIG) WHERE AN OBSERVER EXAMINED THE GEAR AS THE AIRCRAFT MADE LOW PASSES OVER THE RUNWAY. THE OBSERVER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE GEAR. A DECISION WAS MADE TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT TO KING SALMON (PAKN), DUE TO IT BEING THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WITH AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. AS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED THE LEFT GEAR FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE LEFT WING AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR A 1000 FEET AND CAME TO A REST. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## Other reports on N400RA (3)

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

- [Incident 20141208023279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141208023279I), Dec 8, 2014: Piper PA-31-350 (N400RA), Anchorage, AK, No damage. N400RA, a Piper PA-31 aircraft being operated by jacko, josh earl (dba - dena'ina air taxi) landed on runway 7R at the Anchorage internaional airport under…
- [Incident 20130702011719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130702011719I), Jul 2, 2013: Piper PA-31-350 (N400RA), Wasillia, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft nose landing gear green light (down and locked annunciator) not illuminated after landing on June 30, 2013. Worn bolt replaced and adjusted down and…
- [Incident 19810128003332I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810128003332I), Jan 28, 1981: Piper PA31 (N400RA), Baltimore Washi, MD, Minor damage. Aircraft collided during rollout. One landed without clearance. Tower failed to properly handle conflict N890MA.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.