# Accident 19810722046319A: Piper PA31350, Tusayan, AZ, July 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Tusayan, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 35.9550° N, 112.1202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tusayan, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9550&lon=-112.1202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27687, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27687-1996-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,869 total, 170 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810722046319A

## Narrative

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

HAD PASSENGER WITH IRRATIONAL BEHAVIOR. ELECTED TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD. MAIN GEAR HIT ROCK AND COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT

## 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 LAX81DA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DA107), Jul 22, 1981: Piper PA-31 (N27687), Tusayan, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N27687 (1)

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

- [Accident 19931112042589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931112042589A), Nov 12, 1993: Piper PA31350 (N27687), Orlando, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Power loss left engine. Began return. Did not feather. Lost control below VMC. Over gross weight. Clogged injectors

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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