ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182026
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Date: | Friday 25 April 1997 |
Time: | 16:15 |
Type: | Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
Owner/operator: | Yute Air |
Registration: | N59985 |
MSN: | 31-7552077 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Total airframe hrs: | 9948 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Selawik Airport, Selawik, Alaska -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bob Baker Memorial Airport, Kiana, Alaska (IAN/PIAK) |
Destination airport: | Selawik Airport, Selawik, Alaska (WLK/PASK) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On April 25, 1997, about 16:15 ADT (Alaska Daylight Time), a wheel equipped Piper PA-31-350 airplane, N59985, operated by Yute Air as Flight 905, sustained substantial damage during a gear up landing at the Selawik Airport, Selawik, Alaska. The solo airline transport certificated pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 135 scheduled commuter flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. A company visual flight rules flight plan was in effect.
The pilot reported to the NTSB he transmitted his position on a common traffic advisory frequency as he entered a left downwind for runway 3 at the Selawik airstrip. The pilot wrote: "As the pilot was reaching for the landing gear lever, another aircraft on the ground called requesting the position of the incoming aircraft. The pilot responded to the caller and completed the check list. The aircraft continued the approach and landed on runway 3 with the landing gear in the up position." The pilot also noted in his report to the NTSB that there was no pre-landing mechanical difficulties or malfunction with the airplane.
According to the Director of Operations for Yute Air, the pilot told him he forgot to put the landing gear down, and that the gear warning horn activated just as he reduced power and the airplane settled onto the gravel runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage belly bulkheads.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear. A factor associated with the accident was the pilot's diverted attention while in the landing pattern.
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ANC97LA069 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001208X07655&ntsbno=ANC97LA069&akey=1 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=59985
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Dec-2015 08:06 |
JINX |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:30 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
01-Jul-2017 14:50 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Location] |
13-Oct-2017 17:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Jul-2020 19:44 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn] |
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