# Accident 19810512024549A: Piper PA30, Smyrna, TN, May 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1981, 10:18 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Smyrna
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0090° N, 86.5201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMYRNA (MQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0090&lon=-86.5201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7512Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7512Y-2014-11-18) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810512024549A

## Narrative

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

ENGINES QUIT DURING INSTRUMENT APPROACH. PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING BUT HIT TREE AND CRASHED.

## 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 ATL81FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA072), May 12, 1981: Piper PA-30 (N7512Y), Smyrna, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N7512Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19801209087379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801209087379I), Dec 9, 1980: Piper PA30 (N7512Y), Chantilly, VA. Pilot unable to retract the landing gear. Motor was disconnected by the emergency extension disconnect.

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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