# NTSB CHI72DLQ07: Piper PA-30, N8410Y, Cave City, KY, July 4, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1971
- Place: Cave City, KY · CAVE CITY, KY
- Location: 37.1368° N, 85.9680° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cave City, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1368&lon=-85.9680&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 3, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72DLQ07
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72DLQ07

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2514   71/7/4    CAVE CITY,KY        PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 121
        TIME - 1300                    N8410Y              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - NATCHES TRACE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CAVE CITY,KY                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- HIT GND ABT 20FT SHORT OF RWY,L WING COLLAPSED.ACFT BOUNCED AND CRASHED ON RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8410Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8410Y-1994-07-15), registration cancelled 1994-07-15, S/N 301560 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Natches Trace

## Other investigations on N8410Y (2)

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 MIA92WA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92WA025), Nov 8, 1991: Piper PA-30 (N8410Y), Missing, destroyed, 1 fatal
- [NTSB IAD74DKM48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM48), Mar 24, 1974: Piper PA-30 (N8410Y), Charlotte, NC, substantial damage

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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