# Incident 19820515033179I: Piper PA31325, Merced, CA, May 15, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1982, 17:31 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3114° N, 120.4704° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Merced, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3114&lon=-120.4704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6ET, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6ET-1990-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820515033179I

## Narrative

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

DISTRACTED BY LANDING ON TEMPORARY TAXIWAY RUNWAY. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N6ET (1)

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

- [Accident 19880403007369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403007369A), Apr 3, 1988: Piper PA31325 (N6ET), Oakland, CA, Destroyed, 5 fatal. Observed to lose control and crash while flying below clouds. Had heart disease and failing health prior to flight.

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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