# NTSB LAX67F0421: Piper PA-30, N7347Y, Tucson, AZ, May 2, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: May 2, 1967
- Place: Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117871
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67F0421
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67F0421

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0609   67/5/2    TUCSON,ARIZ         PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1500
        TIME - 0655                    N7347Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCSON INTL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
        REMARKS- LANDING BEHIND LANDING 707 ACFT.TWR ADVISED POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7347Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7347Y-1970-09-24), registration cancelled 1970-09-24, S/N 30-400 (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: Destroyed
- Airport: Tucson Intl

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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