# Accident 19810917060039A: Boeing A75N1, Orondo, WA, September 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1981, 12:00 local time
- Place: Orondo, WA
- Airport: Lucky Badger
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 47.7384° N, 120.1816° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lucky Badger Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7384&lon=-120.1816&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56929, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56929-2014-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,597 total, 1,935 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DYP42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYP42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810917060039A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF ROLL.  STRUCK APPLE BIN AND FLIPPED OVER. TAILWHEEL TRUNION FAILED. JAMMED RUDDER.

## 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 SEA81DYP42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYP42), Sep 17, 1981: Boeing A75N1 (N56929), Orondo, WA, 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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