# Accident 19810617033759A: Piper PA36300, Hanford, CA, June 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Hanford, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3281° N, 119.6548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanford, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3281&lon=-119.6548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82661, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82661-1991-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-36-300 (registry code 7103612, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-36-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA36300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 306 total, 15 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810617033759A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON POWER APPLICATION ON LANDING APPROACH. CRASHED OFF AIRPORT. ADVANCED THROTTLE TO RAPIDLY.

## 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 LAX81DVA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA48), Jun 17, 1981: Piper PA-36 (N82661), Hanford, CA, 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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