# Incident 19780206006039I: Piper PA31, Pullman, WA, February 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1978, 22:14 local time
- Place: Pullman, WA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 46.7331° N, 117.1683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pullman, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7331&lon=-117.1683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6644L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6644L-1994-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 110 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780206006039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE COWLING CAME LOOSE IN FLIGHT. IT HAD NOT BEEN LATCHED PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N6644L (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890815043199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890815043199I), Aug 15, 1989: Piper PA31310 (N6644L), Fort Collins, CO, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear while making an ILS approach. Landed with the gear retracted.
- [Incident 19810417025759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417025759I), Apr 17, 1981: Piper PA31 (N6644L), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Right gear extended but nose and left main remained up. All efforts failed. Clevis pin for selector cable fell out.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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