# Incident 20150911024129I: Piper PA-31-350, Wales, AK, September 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Wales, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FXTA
- Location: 65.6061° N, 168.0710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wales, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.6061&lon=-168.0710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4118G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4118G) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,800 total, 5,160 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150911024129I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/11/15 FLIGHT 890 I WAS FLYING N4118G FROM NOME TO WAA.  ON LANDING IN WAA I FLEW OVER OVERHEAD AND ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 36.  ON DOWNWIND I PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND GOT THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND THE GEAR HANDLE RETURNED TO NEUTRAL.  WHEN I TOUCHED DOWN THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED.  I ROLLED OUT TO ALMOST A STOP AND JUST BEFORE I TURNED THE PLANE AROUND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N4118G (3)

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

- [Incident 20131023021329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131023021329I), Oct 23, 2013: Piper PA-31-350 (N4118G), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft turing on taxiway, slid on icy patch and hit fence
- [Incident 19910115000689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910115000689I), Jan 15, 1991: Piper PA31350 (N4118G), Nome, AK, Minor damage. Unable to extend nose gear on approach. Returned to departure point. Actuator shuttle valve assembly was broken.
- [Incident 19901210062059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901210062059I), Dec 10, 1990: Piper PA31350 (N4118G), Nome, AK, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Flew to base and landed nose gear up. Lost hydraulic fluid due to broken shuttle valve.

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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