# Incident 20231005013329I: Piper PA-31-350, Cold Bay, AK, October 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2023, 18:00 local time
- Place: Cold Bay, AK
- Airport: Cold Bay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 55.2059° N, 162.7262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLD BAY (CDB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.2059&lon=-162.7262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40796, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40796) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,178 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231005013329I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEAGULLS ON APPROACH TO PAKF. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND, THEN RETURNED TO AND LANDED AT PACD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED A SMALL DENT ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE L/H FLAP. NO CRACKS OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND. DETERMINED TO BE NEGLIGABLE MINOR DAMAGE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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