# Accident 19851208060939A: Cessna 340A, Peru, MA, December 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1985, 18:15 local time
- Place: Peru, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4381° N, 73.0459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peru, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4381&lon=-73.0459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36888 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 32 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851208060939A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT. APPEARED TO BE IN A SPIN. PILOT ADVISED VACUUM PUMP FAILURE.

## 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 NYC86FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA049), Dec 8, 1985: Cessna 340A (N36888), Peru, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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