# Accident 19810810048369A: Piper PA34200T, Wenatchee, WA, August 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1981, 21:35 local time
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Airport: Pangborn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: APCA
- Location: 47.3988° N, 120.2068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PANGBORN MEML (EAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3988&lon=-120.2068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N666HL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N666HL-1997-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,695 total, 677 in this make and model, 243 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810810048369A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR BEGAN COLLAPSE ON LANDING. MADE GO AROUND LANDED GEAR UP. TRUNION SEPERATED FROM FATIGUE CRACKS.

## 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 SEA81DA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DA052), Aug 10, 1981: Piper PA-34 (N666HL), Wenatchee, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N666HL (2)

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

- [Accident 19961008047329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961008047329A), Oct 8, 1996: Piper PA34200T (N666HL), Cleelum, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-16) Aircraft broke up in flight. Investigation did not detect reason for break up. Pilot reported of being ill during flight just prior to loss of contact on…
- [Incident 19780121003989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780121003989I), Jan 21, 1978: Piper PA34200T (N666HL), Redmond, OR. Both engines quit at FL 240. Partial restoration of power during descent. Cause undetermined.

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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