# Accident 19811018068929A: Piper PA24250, Gold Beach, OR, October 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1981, 18:10 local time
- Place: Gold Beach, OR
- Airport: Champion
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4019° N, 124.4236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gold Beach, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4019&lon=-124.4236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7686P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7686P-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,434 total, 930 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82DYK02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYK02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811018068929A

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FINAL, LANDING GEAR STRUCK DIRT MOUND ON APPROACH END OF GRAVEL STRIP. SLID DOWN RUNWAY MINUS LEFT GEAR.

## 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 SEA82DYK02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYK02), Oct 18, 1981: Piper PA-24 (N7686P), Gold Beach, OR, 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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