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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 35BEECH · Puyallup, WA · April 6, 1981

Date
April 6, 1981 · 16:30 local
Place
Puyallup, WA
Airport
Thun
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2737V
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81FYE23
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total1,110 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Slow on final. High sink rate. Landed short of runway. Impact collapsed landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

SLOW ON FINAL. HIGH SINK RATE. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY. IMPACT COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.