# NTSB Accident ANC00MA125
> **Piper PA-31T3** · 2000-09-18 · NUIQSUT, AK, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC00MA125
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21902
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-09-18
- **Location:** NUIQSUT, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 70.205558, -151.019165
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 5
- **Serious:** 5
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 10
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-31T3
- **Registration:** N220CS
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear, his improper aborted landing procedure, and inadvertent stall/mush.  Factors in the accident were an improper adjustment of the landing gear warning horn system by company maintenance personnel, and the failure of the pilot to utilize the prelanding checklist.

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