# NTSB MIA82DA070: Piper PA-30, N7433Y, Crescent City, FL, March 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Crescent City, FL
- Location: 29.4283° N, 81.5149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crescent City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4283&lon=-81.5149&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70368/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA070

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED ON AN UPWARD SLOPING RUNWAY IN VERY CALM WIND CONDITIONS. HE STATED THAT HE FAILED TO PROPERLY MONITOR THE AIRSPEED ON FINAL APPROACH, AND WHEN HE CHOPPED THE POWER, IT RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7433Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7433Y-2019-08-13), registration cancelled 2019-08-13, S/N 30-495, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30 495
- Airframe hours: 2420
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James I. Moss
- Registered owner: James I. Moss
- Departed: SAV, SAVANNAH, GA
- Destination: BRYAN, OH
- Airport: 26J, Thunderbird, runway 4, 2,875 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 888 total, 396 in this make and model, 786 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820312003909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820312003909A), Mar 12, 1982: Piper PA30, Cresent City, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft made hard landing during short field landing attempt.

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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