# Accident 19820312003909A: Piper PA30, Cresent City, FL, March 12, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1982, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cresent City, FL
- Airport: Thunderbird
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7433Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7433Y-2019-08-13) (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*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 888 total, 396 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82DA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820312003909A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE HARD LANDING DURING SHORT FIELD LANDING ATTEMPT.

## 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 MIA82DA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA070), Mar 12, 1982: Piper PA-30 (N7433Y), Crescent City, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7433Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20190312006099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190312006099I), Mar 12, 2019: Piper PA-30 (N7433Y), Newark, OH, Minor damage. During gear retraction, nose wheel failed to center and became wedged in wheel well leading to a jam of the landing gear system. Gear was unable to be extended…

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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