# Accident 19870510075689A: Piper PA20, Seattle, WA, May 10, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1987, 14:58 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7732K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7732K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA87LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870510075689A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED THE PA20 TO GROUND LOOP ON THE LANDING ROLL.

## 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 SEA87LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA095), May 10, 1987: Piper PA-20-115 (N7732K), Seattle, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7732K (2)

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

- [Accident 19930330034259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930330034259A), Mar 30, 1993: Piper PA20 (N7732K), Lapeer, MI, Substantial damage. On landing roll, ground looped. Side load collapsed right main gear.
- [Accident 19910825039839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910825039839A), Aug 25, 1991: Piper PA20 (N7732K), Saginaw, MI, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing touched down on left gear. Skidded left gear collapsed. Wing struck terrain.

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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