# Accident 19810114003379A: Cessna 320, Curlew, WA, January 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1981, 16:35 local time
- Place: Curlew, WA
- Airport: Curlew
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.8854° N, 118.6088° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Curlew Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8854&lon=-118.6088&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9831L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9831L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320B (registry code 2074508, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,152 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYP06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810114003379A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH CONFINES OF RUNWAY. LANDED ON ROUGH GROUND ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. NO VISUAL RUNWAY MARKINGS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA81FYP06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYP06), Jan 14, 1981: Cessna 320 (N9831L), Curlew, WA, substantial damage

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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