# Accident 19750730024199A: Piper PA23, Lynchburg, VA, July 30, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1975
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.4138° N, 79.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-79.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2085P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,705 total, 130 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FID02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750730024199A

## Narrative

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

SHIMMEY DAMPNER LINING HAD TAPER WEAR ON MATING EDGE CAUSED ONE TO RIDE OVR OTHER.NOSE GR COCKED.

## 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 IAD76FID02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FID02), Jul 30, 1975: Piper PA-23 (N2085P), Lynchburg, VA, 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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