# Accident 19811204077549A: Piper PA28R201T, Cheshire, OR, December 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1981, 11:13 local time
- Place: Cheshire, OR
- Airport: Mahlon-Sweet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3990M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,227 total, 32 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA82FYK05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FYK05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811204077549A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE THREW A CONNECTING ROD THROUGH ENGINE CASE. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON FORCED LANDING IN ROUGH FIELD.

## 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 SEA82FYK05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FYK05), Dec 4, 1981: Piper PA-28R (N3990M), Cheshire, 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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