# Accident 19780130008599A: Piper PA30, Miami, FL, January 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1978
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: New Tamiami
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&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: 1,470 total, 240 in this make and model, 263 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FKT19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKT19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780130008599A

## 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 MIA78FKT19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKT19), Jan 30, 1978: Piper PA-30 (N8540Y), Miami, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8540Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19730317013969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730317013969A), Mar 17, 1973: Piper PA30 (N8540Y), Opa Locka, FL, Substantial damage. Wx brief ATIS.acft eqpd with mirror on l eng nacelle to OBS l ldg gr dwn psn.

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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