# Accident 20031026027939A: Piper PA30, Spartanburg, SC, October 26, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2003, 22:10 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtonw Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9003° N, 81.9689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9003&lon=-81.9689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7799Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7799Y-2004-09-23) (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: 1,921 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031026027939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 26, 2003, MICHAEL JEFFERY ALLEN, A CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS OPERATING N7799Y, A PIPER PA-30, S/N: 30-631. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM EVANSVILLE, IA TO SPARTANBURG, SC. THE PILOT WAS IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH GREER APPROACH AND WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS RWY 5 APPROACH THE SPARTANBURG DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (SPA). INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 1.1 NM FROM THE END OF RWY 5 RIGHT OF THE LOCALIZER. THE AIRCRAFT BURNED AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. MICHAEL JEFFERY ALLEN, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ATL04FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA027), Oct 27, 2003: Piper PA-30 (N7799Y), Spartanburg, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow IFR procedures and descent below the glide path, which resulted in an inflight collision with trees during an instrument approach. A factor was the pilot's impairment…

## Other reports on N7799Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19820313003879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820313003879A), Mar 13, 1982: Piper PA30 (N7799Y), Nassau, Bahamas, Substantial damage. Unable to lower landing gear normally or manually. Landed ger up. Gear problem not reported.

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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