# Accident 19780529021149A: Piper PA30, Carlsbad, CA, May 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1978
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Palomar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.1581° N, 117.3506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1581&lon=-117.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7569Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7569Y-1993-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUM24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780529021149A

## Narrative

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

FIRE DAMAGE TO LEFT ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FLAP.

## 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 LAX78FUM24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUM24), May 29, 1978: Piper PA-30 (N7569Y), Carlsbad, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7569Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19930525015179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930525015179A), May 25, 1993: Piper PA30 (N7569Y), Afton, WY, Destroyed. Lost right engine on climbout. Feathered left engine. Hit a shed. Burned. Fuel selector not in detente right engine

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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