# Accident 19840529023999A: Piper PA30, Charlotte, NC, May 29, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1984, 17:42 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Douglas International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2132° N, 80.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2132&lon=-80.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7217Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7217Y-1989-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,550 total, 1,010 in this make and model, 253 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL84FA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840529023999A

## Narrative

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

TRIM PROBLEM.STEEP BANK AND DESCENT TO RUNWAY.TRIM IN FULL UP POSITION,WIRES TO TRIM SWITCH BARE, TRIM HANDLE OFF.

## 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 ATL84FA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA187), May 29, 1984: Piper PA-30 (N7217Y), Charlotte, NC, destroyed

## Other reports on N7217Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19800604055309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800604055309I), Jun 4, 1980: Piper PA30 (N7217Y), Winston Salem, NC, Minor damage. Pilot forgot his clipboard so made go around and forgot to put down gear.
- [Incident 19780423011109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423011109I), Apr 23, 1978: Piper PA30 (N7217Y), Mooresville, NC, Minor damage. While taxiing off runway main gear struck hole covered by grass. Gear collapsed.

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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