Gear-up landing Accident Piper PA-31-310 Navajo N16SC, Wednesday 1 October 2025
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Date:Wednesday 1 October 2025
Time:19:42
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA31 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
Owner/operator:Yute Commuter Service
Registration: N16SC
MSN: 31-639
Year of manufacture:1970
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Kotlik Airport (KOT/PFKO), Kotlik, AK -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger
Departure airport:Kasigluk Airport, AK (Z09)
Destination airport:Kotlik Airport, AK (KOT/PFKO)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A Piper Navajo, N16SC, landed gear up incurring a prop strike.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: 
Status: Preliminary report
Duration:
Download report: Preliminary report

Sources:

NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N16SC

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/41982_1617633269.jpg (photo)

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

1 February 1993 N16SC Private 0 Columbia, CA sub

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Oct-2025 08:34 ASN Added
15-Oct-2025 17:51 Captain Adam Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Accident report, ]

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