- Date
- June 9, 1986, 19:00 local (Jun 10, 1986, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nulato, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41078Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860609036139I
- Case key
- 4614
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A witness on the ground watched the airplane fly the landing pattern for landing and at no time did he see the landing gear extend. He watched the airplane until it passed below the tree line. Testing of the hydro-mechanical and electrical systems did not reveal any problem. The pilot-in-command stated he placed the landing gear switch in the down position and saw three green indicator lights, however, he did not confirm the landing gear position by viewing the nose gear in the mirror located on the side of the engine nacelle. The passenger, a pilot, stated that after landing he heard a warning horn sounding in the cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41078
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-8352017
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-54-J2BF, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Larry'S Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 29, 1986
- Departed
- KYU · Koyukuk, AK
- Destination
- NUL · Nulato, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NUL · Nulato, runway 20, 3,000 × 60 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,370 total · 135 in this make and model · 1,950 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 95 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N41078 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.