# NTSB CHI67F0551: Piper PA-30, N7841Y, Seymour, IN, March 8, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 8, 1967
- Place: Seymour, IN · SEYMOUR, IN
- Location: 38.9463° N, 85.8885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seymour, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9463&lon=-85.8885&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 11, 1963
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118040
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67F0551
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67F0551

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0686   67/3/8    SEYMOUR, IND        PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0915                    N7841Y              PX-  0  0  3  AIR TAXI-PASSG            AGE 23, 2930 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            750 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEMAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK 6 INCH SNOW RIDGES AT INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS. RT GEAR FAILED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7841Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7841Y-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 30-921, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Freeman

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.

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