# NTSB MIA82DA145: Piper PA-30, N7712Y, Clearwater, FL, July 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 2, 1982, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Location: 27.9086° N, 82.6865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PETE-CLEARWATER INTL (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9086&lon=-82.6865&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70271
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70271/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA145

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - disconnected (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THERE WAS NO GREEN LIGHT INDICATION ON LANDING APPROACH, HOWEVER A FLY-BY CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN. DURING LANDING ROLL THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7712Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7712Y-2012-07-19), registration cancelled 2012-07-19, S/N 30-801, built 1965 (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: 30-801
- Airframe hours: 2059
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320-B1A 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Herbert R. Gross
- Registered owner: Herbert R. Gross
- Departed: SPG, ST. PETERSBURG, FL
- Destination: 74S, ANACORTES, WA
- Airport: PIE, St. Petersburg Clearwater, runway 35R, 7,989 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,738 total, 712 in this make and model, 1,556 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 199 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE

## 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 19820702028529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820702028529A), Jul 2, 1982: Piper PA30, Clearwater, FL, Substantial damage. Landing gear collapsed during landing roll.

## Other investigations on N7712Y (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 ATL93LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA049), Jan 2, 1993: Piper PA-30 (N7712Y), Crossville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW CHECKLIST PROCEDURES IN THAT HE DID NOT UTILIZE THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION METHOD WHEN ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST. A FACTOR WAS HIS FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST WHEN…

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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