# Accident 19810327012819A: Piper PA31350, Galena, AK, March 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1981, 16:32 local time
- Place: Galena, AK
- Airport: Galena
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 64.7409° N, 156.8769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galena, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7409&lon=-156.8769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66856, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66856-1984-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC LTIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,850 total, 100 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810327012819A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED GO AROUND. PROBABLE LEFT ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO POSSIBLE MAGNETO FAILURE.

## 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 ANC81FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA037), Mar 27, 1981: Piper PA-31 (N66856), Galena, AK, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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