# Accident 19750904033169A: Piper PA30, Lames, TX, September 4, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1975
- Place: Lames, TX
- Airport: Lamesa Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 32.7563° N, 101.9202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAMESA MUNI (LUV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7563&lon=-101.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8597Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8597Y) (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: 214 total, 14 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DQG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750904033169A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW76DQG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DQG20), Sep 4, 1975: Piper PA-30 (N8597Y), Lames, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8597Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19960714025249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960714025249I), Jul 14, 1996: Piper PA30 (N8597Y), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on 07-14-96, at 2300, a Piper twin comanche, PA-30, owned by yauk management and leasing, inc., landed gear up at Fort Worth international airport,…

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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