# Accident 19810217008929A: Piper PA34200T, Coamo, Puerto Rico, February 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1981
- Place: Coamo, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.0783° N, 66.3632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coamo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0783&lon=-66.3632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3845M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3845M-1982-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FKA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810217008929A

## Narrative

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

LANDED IN COW PASTURE, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED REARWARD. CREW UNKNOWN. SUSPECTED DRUG FLIGHT.

## 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 MIA81FKA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKA04), Feb 17, 1981: Piper PA-34 (N3845M), Coamo, PR, 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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