# Incident 20200315000219I: Piper PA-31-350, Crooked Creek, AK, March 15, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2020, 12:00 local time
- Place: Crooked Creek, AK
- Airport: Crooked Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.8711° N, 158.1380° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROOKED CREEK (CJX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8711&lon=-158.1380&mi=10
- Aircraft: N885HA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N885HA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200315000219I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A GEAR-UP LANDING INCIDENT. PILOT STATED THAT THEY LEFT SLEETMUTE EN ROUTE TO CROOKED CREEK.  THEY RECEIVED A SATELLITE MESSAGE WHICH STATED "MORE CANCELLATIONS DUE TO THE SITUATION".  HE WAS UNSURE OF THE MEANING OF THE MESSAGE AND WAS DISCUSSING IT WITH HIS SON, WHO WAS ONBOARD.  PILOT ENTERED PATTERN AND SLOWED TO FLAP SPEED AND REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.  PILOT STATED HE WAS CLEARLY DISTRACTED AND REALIZED HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO LOWER THE GEAR ONCE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN.  PILOT STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD HAVE DISTRACTED HIM DURING THE LANDING.

## Other reports on N885HA (1)

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

- [Incident 19951025037579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951025037579I), Oct 25, 1995: Piper PA31350 (N885HA), Holly Springs, MS, Minor damage. Narrative: after departure from arlington, TN experienced smoke in the cockpit - smoke cleared, however landing gear unlock light stayed on. Recycled gear,…

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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