# Incident 19810316019339I: Piper PA36285, Byers, TX, March 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Byers, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.0692° N, 98.1909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byers, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0692&lon=-98.1909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3789E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3789E-2013-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36285
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,620 total, 66 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810316019339I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. PISTON FAILURE.

## Other reports on N3789E (1)

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

- [Accident 20130806013589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130806013589A), Aug 6, 2013: Piper PA-36-300 (N3789E), Santa Teresa, NM, Substantial damage. On August 6, 2013 at 0856 MDT, a Piper, PA-36-300 N3789E registered to zeldon roger j collided with a tree near Santa Teresa, new Mexico, while performing…

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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