# NTSB MIA66F0260: Piper PA-30, N7025Y, Mobile, AL, September 1, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 1, 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: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 4, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175587
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66F0260
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66F0260

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2762   65/9/1    MOBILE ALA          PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 7000
        TIME - 1304                    N7025Y              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        REMARKS- FUEL LINE TO HEATER CAME LOOSE. FIRE EXTINGUISHED BY GROUND EQUIPMENT AFTER LANDING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7025Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7025Y-1980-03-07), registration cancelled 1980-03-07, S/N 30-26 (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: Bates Field

## Other investigations on N7025Y (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 UNK64X0381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0381), Jan 27, 1964: Piper PA30 (N7025Y), New Orleans, LA, 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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