Piper PA-31-350 N41185

Summary

On 17 September 2004 at about 21:05 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N41185 was involved in an accident near Telida, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 September 2004 at 21:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Telida, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Minchumina (PAMH)

Coordinates

55.9195, -159.4901

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350

Registration

N41185

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Galena → Minchumina

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC04LA117

Nobody was injured.

A failure of the pilot-in-command to extend the landing gear, which resulted in a gear-up landing and structural damage to the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport certificated pilot was landing on a remote, gravel-surface runway that was 4,200 feet long, and 100 feet wide. The landing was during a scheduled passenger flight, with one passenger. The director of operations and the pilot both reported that the landing gear was not extended for landing. The airplane slid on the gravel and received damage to the flaps, propellers, and fuselage. The director of maintenance for the operator reported that the airplane fuselage repairs would necessitate a major repair, to include replacement of belly skin aft of the nose landing gear well, and replacement of the aft nose gear well bulkhead.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.