# Accident 19810415018719A: Piper PA24250, Port Orchard, WA, April 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1981, 11:56 local time
- Place: Port Orchard, WA
- Airport: Port Orchard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4323° N, 122.6679° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT ORCHARD (4WA9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4323&lon=-122.6679&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5976P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5976P-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 567 total, 333 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810415018719A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED ON A ROAD 600 FEET SHORT OF AIRPORT ON LANDING APPROACH. VARIABLE GUSTY WIND.

## 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 SEA81FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA028), Apr 15, 1981: Piper PA-24 (N5976P), Port Orchard, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5976P (1)

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

- [Accident 19730713021119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730713021119A), Jul 13, 1973: Piper PA24250 (N5976P), Renton, WA, Substantial damage. Plt allowed psgr to follow-through on controls. Const area adj to rwy.

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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