# Accident 20241016017349A: Piper PA-30, New Orleans, LA, October 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2024, 08:52 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0404° N, 90.0292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0404&lon=-90.0292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7967Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7967Y) (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 PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 33,535 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241016017349A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/16/2024 PIC WAS CONDUCTING PART 91 OPERATIONS OF A PIPER PA30 TWIN COMANCHE AS HE WAS APPROACHING KNEW AIRPORT FOR LANDING. WEATHER BRIEFING FROM NOAA AT TIME OF LANDING (0857 LOCAL TIME) SHOWED WIND GUSTS OF APPROX. 29 KNOTS. AT APPROX 0857 LOCAL TIME, PIC APPROACHED KNEW FOR LANDING AT RUNWAY 36, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED HIS RH LANDING GEAR AND NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSE UPON TOUCHDOWN. A CROSSWIND GUST THEN PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A GRASSY AREA IN THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH LANDING GEARS, PROPELLERS, RH WING SPAR, AMONGST OTHER AREAS. PIC WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES DURING THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN25LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA015), Oct 16, 2024: Piper PA-30 (N7967Y), New Orleans, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of a landing gear torque arm which resulted in a landing gear collapse and runway excursion.

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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