# NTSB MIA72FKQ20: Piper PA-30, N8070Y, Moorhead, MS, July 14, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 14, 1971
- Place: Moorhead, MS · MOORHEAD, MS
- Location: 33.4494° N, 90.5063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moorhead, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4494&lon=-90.5063&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 8, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162407
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72FKQ20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72FKQ20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2654  71/7/14    MOORHEAD,MISS       PIPER PA-30         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 21, 695
        TIME - 1110                    N8070Y              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOBBS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JACKSON,MISS                MOORHEAD,MISS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8070Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hobbs

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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