# Incident 20161230024629I: Piper PA-32-301, Kodiak, AK, December 30, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2016, 16:18 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiak Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: D4NA
- Location: 57.7498° N, 152.4939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KODIAK (ADQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7498&lon=-152.4939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8470Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8470Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,624 total, 238 in this make and model, 182 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161230024629I

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY BEFORE TURNING FINAL THE ENGINE SLOWLY POWERED BACK TO IDLE. MAINTENANCE STAFF INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT THE CONTROL CABLE HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED AT THE ENGINE. A COTTER PIN HAD FAILED AND WORKED ITS WAY FREE CAUSING THE THROTTLE CABLE TO BECOME DISCONNECTED.

## Other reports on N8470Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20120627013449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120627013449A), Jun 27, 2012: Piper PA-32-301 (N8470Y), King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. While aircraft was enroute between eii and akn, right wing was struck by bird. Aircraft landed (akn) without incident.

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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