# NTSB MIA71AM020: Piper PA-30, N8047Y, Georgetown, SC, August 4, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 4, 1970
- Place: Georgetown, SC · GEORGETOWN, SC
- Location: 33.3724° N, 79.2808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3724&lon=-79.2808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 30, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA71AM020
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA71AM020

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1288   70/8/4  NR.GEORGETOWN,SC      PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 399
        TIME - 0005                    N8047Y              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          TETERBORO,NJ                TALLAHASSEE,FLA             GEORGETOWN,SC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 9/19/70.  FLT OVER SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN AT NITE. CRASHED IN SWAMP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8047Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8047Y-1972-02-29), registration cancelled 1972-02-29, S/N 30-1158 (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

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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