# Accident 19761004033189A: Piper PA30, Mansfield, OH, October 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1976
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield-Lahm
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7554Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7554Y-1990-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 718 total, 450 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEI01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEI01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761004033189A

## Narrative

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

NML MODE GEAR MLFCN-WORN BRUSHES,BRT INST LTE RHEOSTAT CAUSED GEAR WARNING LTE TO DIM.

## 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 CHI77FEI01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEI01), Oct 4, 1976: Piper PA-30 (N7554Y), Mansfield, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7554Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19890704019429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890704019429A), Jul 4, 1989: Piper PA30 (N7554Y), Springfield, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Entered thunderstorm area. Lost control. Crashed in open field.

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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