# Accident 20071208829482A: Piper PA30, Parkland, FL, December 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2007, 14:54 local time
- Place: Parkland, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3472° N, 80.3153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3472&lon=-80.3153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N766CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N766CC-2013-05-09) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071208829482A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS ADVISED OF POSSIBLE CONFLICTING TRAFFIC. FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID.

## 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 NYC08FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08FA054), Dec 8, 2007: Piper PA-30 (N766CC), Parkland, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Both pilots' failure to see and avoid the other airplane. Contributing to the accident were the erroneous readouts from the Cessna's altitude encoder.

## Other reports on N766CC (1)

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

- [Incident 19790831034439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790831034439I), Aug 31, 1979: Piper PA30 (N766CC), Atlantic City, NJ, Minor damage. Aircraft went off taxiway at night. Struck hole.

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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