- Date
- July 22, 1981
- Place
- Tusayan, AZ · TUSAYAN, AZ
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N27687Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810722046319A
- Case key
- 124491
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2304 81/7/22 NR.TUSAYAN,AZ PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 2869 TIME - 1030 N27687 PX- 0 0 8 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA TUSAYAN,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT PASSENGER DISTURBANCE REMARKS- MADE EMERG LNDG ON DIRT ROAD TO COPE W DISTURBED PAX.R MAIN GEAR ENCTRD A LARGE ROCK BFR STOPPING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27687
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N27687 · 1
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