# NTSB MIA66F0216: Piper PA-23, N4300Y, Mobile, AL, August 25, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1965
- Place: Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 21, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176035
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66F0216
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66F0216

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2570  65/8/25    MOBILE ALA          PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1634                    N4300Y              PX-  0  0  1  DUAL                      AGE 44, 8500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            74 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
        REMARKS- SIMULATED ENGINE OUT LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4300Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4300Y-1995-11-20), registration cancelled 1995-11-20, S/N 232023 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (registry code 7102304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bates

## Other investigations on N4300Y (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 ATL95LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA094), May 6, 1995: Piper PA-23-160 (N4300Y), Dayton, TN, destroyed. Probable cause: INSTALLATION OF AN IMPROPER CRANKSHAFT OIL SEAL WHICH EVENTUALLY SEPARATED FROM ITS SEAT RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE OIL LOSS, AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING IN THAT HE DID NOT ALLOW…

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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