# Accident 20081023851089A: Piper PA30, Selmer, TN, October 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2008, 21:30 local time
- Place: Selmer, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1219° N, 88.6047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1219&lon=-88.6047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7510Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7510Y-2017-06-01) (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: 3,650 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081023851089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS CERTIFIED VFR FLYING IN IFR CONDITIONS.

## 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 ERA09FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA027), Oct 24, 2008: Piper PA-30 (N7510Y), Selmer, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to avoid terrain during night instrument meteorological conditions.

## Other reports on N7510Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20010225003019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010225003019I), Feb 25, 2001: Piper PA30 (N7510Y), Casa Grande, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft had made a landing gear up landing at the Casa Grande airport on Sunday afternoon. The pilot had stated that he thought he put the landing…

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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