# Accident 19840830044569A: Piper PA28140, Wailuku, HI, August 30, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1984, 12:17 local time
- Place: Wailuku, HI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8855° N, 156.5036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wailuku, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8855&lon=-156.5036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N835FC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N835FC-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84FJA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FJA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840830044569A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN RIDGE DURING AN ATTEMPT TO CLIMB OVER AND CROSS THE RIDGE.

## 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 LAX84FJA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FJA02), Aug 30, 1984: Piper PA-28-140 (N835FC), Wailuku Maui, HI, destroyed

## Other reports on N835FC (1)

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

- [Incident 19810821068899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810821068899I), Aug 21, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N835FC), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. On takeoff after touch and go landing right gear wheel and strut broke off. Landed ok. Torque link was broken.

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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