# Accident 19810523027559A: Piper PA34200, Paducah, KY, May 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1981, 23:50 local time
- Place: Paducah, KY
- Airport: Farrington
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0709° N, 88.6445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paducah, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0709&lon=-88.6445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56710, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56710-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,096 total, 37 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DLQ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLQ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810523027559A

## Narrative

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

LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY, SHEARED NOSE GEAR. ACCIDENT SEQUENCE SEPARATED MAIN GEAR. STOPPED ON TAXIWAY.

## 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 ATL81DLQ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLQ18), May 23, 1981: Piper PA-34 (N56710), Paducah, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N56710 (1)

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

- [Accident 19860824044279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860824044279A), Aug 24, 1986: Piper PA34200 (N56710), Salinas, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed hard, collapsing the nose gear.

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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