# Incident 20240818013779I: Piper PA-32R-301, Deadhorse, AK, August 18, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2024, 17:05 local time
- Place: Deadhorse, AK
- Airport: Deadhorse
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WK0A
- Location: 70.1948° N, 148.4652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEADHORSE (SCC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=70.1948&lon=-148.4652&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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,370 total, 10 in this make and model, 302 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240818013779I

## Narrative

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

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 FLIGHT SERVICE TO VISUALLY CONFIRM IF LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. FLIGHT SERVICE REPLIED THAT IT APPEARED DOWN. THE PILOT OPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, THE LEFT GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THIS CAUSED A PROP STRIKE AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N4375B (2)

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

- [Incident 20221028018439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221028018439I), Oct 28, 2022: Piper PA-32R-301 (N4375B), Aniak, AK, Minor damage. 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…
- [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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