# Accident 19830105000379A: Piper PA30, Atlantic City, NJ, January 5, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1983, 21:11 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7619Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7619Y-2014-11-26) (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 IO320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830105000379A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLIGHT NOT RECOMMENDED.DEPARTED IFR. WEATHER CLOSED IN. TRIED TO RETURN WITH AID OF RADAR VECTORS. LOST CONTROL

## 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 NYC83FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA049), Jan 6, 1983: Piper PA-30 (N7619Y), Atlantic City, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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