# Accident 19810406015449A: Beech 35BEECH, Puyallup, WA, April 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Puyallup, WA
- Airport: Thun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1790° N, 122.2915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Puyallup, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1790&lon=-122.2915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2737V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2737V-1982-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,110 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYE23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYE23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810406015449A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA81FYE23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYE23), Apr 6, 1981: Beech 35 (N2737V), Puyallup, 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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