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FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Middleton Islan, AK · November 18, 2015

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Date
November 18, 2015 · 09:00 local
Place
Middleton Islan, AK
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
3SVA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46FA
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
Reported engine
Continental TIO-541 SERIE
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
32,798 total846 in this make and model149 in the last 90 days
N46FARegistered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 318152020Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelContinental TIO-541 SERIEReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman was flying two FAA technicians out to Middleton island to maintain the runway falcility. Due to recent budget constraints the FAA changed the schedule for maintaining the runway conditions from full time to a weekly rotation. Therefore, no information for current runway conditions was available for the airman. The airman flew over the runway two times to look at the runway conditions. The orange reflector cones were visible excluding the base area for some of the cones. The airman concluded that approximately two to three inches of snow was on the runway surface. Very little snow was in the surrounding area of the runway. After touchdown the aircraft hit a snow berm that had drifted in the middle of the runway causing the aircraft to veer off the runway into soft dirt. The right landing gear collapsed and the right wing sustained a small wrinkle on the surface of the wing. The aircraft was inspected and no further damage was found. The aircraft received a ferry permit and flew back to anchorage without incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS FLYING TWO FAA TECHNICIANS OUT TO MIDDLETON ISLAND TO MAINTAIN THE RUNWAY FALCILITY. DUE TO RECENT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THE FAA CHANGED THE SCHEDULE FOR MAINTAINING THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS FROM FULL TIME TO A WEEKLY ROTATION. THEREFORE, NO INFORMATION FOR CURRENT RUNWAY CONDITIONS WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE AIRMAN. THE AIRMAN FLEW OVER THE RUNWAY TWO TIMES TO LOOK AT THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS. THE ORANGE REFLECTOR CONES WERE VISIBLE EXCLUDING THE BASE AREA FOR SOME OF THE CONES. THE AIRMAN CONCLUDED THAT APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WAS ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. VERY LITTLE SNOW WAS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SNOW BERM THAT HAD DRIFTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY INTO SOFT DIRT. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT WING SUSTAINED A SMALL WRINKLE ON THE SURFACE OF THE WING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED A FERRY PERMIT AND FLEW BACK TO ANCHORAGE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Other reports on N46FA · 1

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

Incident 20100928054549ITakeoff: Departure Roll · Anchorage, AK9/28/2010, 17:30 Adt, aircraft N46FA began takeoff roll. Upon applying takeoff power the right engine lost power. Pilot aborted takeoff and cleared the runway. Anc tower advised him that the right engine was smoking.Sep 28, 2010 · No damage