# Incident 20221028018439I: Piper PA-32R-301, Aniak, AK, October 28, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2022, 11:30 local time
- Place: Aniak, AK
- Airport: Aniak
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 9FXA
- Location: 61.5814° N, 159.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANIAK (ANI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5814&lon=-159.5453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4375B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4375B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-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-32R-301
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 700 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221028018439I

## Narrative

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

PLANE DEPARTED FROM KALSKAG ENROUTE TO ANIAK ALASKA.  PILOT NOTICED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, CYCLED THE GEAR A COUPLE TIMES HOWEVER THE LIGHT REMAINED ON.  PILOT PULLED THE BULB TO DISTINGUISH THE LIGHT.  PILOT BELIEVED IT WOULD DISTRACT ME FROM OTHER PARTS OF HIS FLIGHT AND DIDN’T WANT TO BECOME FIXATED ON THE “LIGHT PROBLEM”.  PILOT ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THE BULB WHICH DISTRACTED HIM FOR THE REST OF THE FLIGHT.  PILOT ADMITTED TO BEING DISTRACTED BY TRAFFIC INBOUND TO ANIAK FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  PILOT PREPARED TO LAND, HOWEVER FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR AND NEVER REFERENCED THE CHECKLIST.  IN THE LANDING FLARE PILOT REALIZED THE “THREE GREEN LIGHTS WEREN’T ILLUMINATED” (GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED) AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. UPON STARTING THE GO-AROUND PILOT HEARD A GRINDING SOUND INITIALLY BELIEVED AT THE AFT PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT STAYED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT.  UPON LANDING PILOT DISCOVERED A BENT PROP.

## Other reports on N4375B (2)

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

- [Incident 20240818013779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240818013779I), Aug 18, 2024: Piper PA-32R-301 (N4375B), Deadhorse, AK, Minor damage. An unsafe landing gear indication of down and locked occured during landing approach phase of flight. The pilot conducted a flyby of flight service and asked…
- [Accident 20010414039799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010414039799A), Apr 14, 2001: Piper PA32R301 (N4375B), Emmonak, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) During a part 135 passenger-carrying flight, the pilot saw a stranded snowmobiler. After radioing for help, pilot made a low pass by the snowmobiler,…

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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