# Accident 19730317013969A: Piper PA30, Opa Locka, FL, March 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1973
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Traffic Pattern
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8540Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8540Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,809 total, 614 in this make and model, 332 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKT74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKT74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730317013969A

## Narrative

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

WX BRIEF ATIS.ACFT EQPD WITH MIRROR ON L ENG NACELLE TO OBS L LDG GR DWN PSN.

## 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 MIA73DKT74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKT74), Mar 17, 1973: Piper PA-30 (N8540Y), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8540Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19780130008599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780130008599A), Jan 30, 1978: Piper PA30 (N8540Y), Miami, FL, Substantial damage

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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