# Accident 20190121015549A: Piper PA-31-350, Chignik, AK, January 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2019, 13:05 local time
- Place: Chignik, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HXXC
- Location: 56.3089° N, 158.5358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.3089&lon=-158.5358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N995AK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N995AK) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,259 total, 380 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19CA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19CA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190121015549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM PAJC TO KCL. NO AWOS/ASOS AVAILABLE. PILOT OVERFLEW KCL TO IDENTIFY RUNWAY CONDITIONS. PILOT PICKED RUNWAY 4 DUE TO WIND AND TERRAIN CONDITIONS. PILOT STATED THAT RUNWAY LOOKED WET AND MUDDY. UPON TOUCHDOWN PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND REALIZED THAT THE RUNWAY WAS ICY. PILOT CHOSE TO LEAVE FLAPS DOWN AND UTILIZE AERODYNAMIC BRAKING HOPING TO FIND IMPROVED BRAKING ACTION. APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE 2200 FOOT RUNWAY PILOT REALIZED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP AND PILOT WAS NOT CONFIDENT THAT HE COULD SAFELY GET BACK INTO THE AIR. PILOT USED DIFFERENTIAL POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT  AROUND OR SLIDE ONTO A NEARBY PARALLEL ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED 180 DEGREES AND SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER TO DECELERATE AND THE LEFT LANDING GEAR HIT A SNOW BERM AND COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE PILOT SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED OUT THE ENTRANCE DOOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC19CA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19CA010), Jan 21, 2019: Piper PA31 (N995AK), Chignik Lagoon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of an unsuitable runway for landing, which resulted in a loss of control and runway excursion.

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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