# NTSB NYC83LA021: Piper PA-30, N7689Y, Nantucket, MA, November 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 5, 1982, 19:00 local (Nov 6, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71822
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71822/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA021

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total

## Analysis

PILOT APPROACHED RUNWAY AND RIGHT WING DROPPED. PILOT CORRECTED WITH FULL POWER AILERON AND ELEVATOR. AIRCRAFT YAWED AND ROLLED TO LEFT. LEFT WING HIT AND MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT GROUNDLOOPED AND STOPPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7689Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7689Y), registered now, S/N 30-769, 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: 30-769
- Airframe hours: 3346
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stanley Gitlow
- Registered owner: Stanley Gitlow
- Departed: C, PROVIDENCE, RI
- Destination: C, NANTUCKET, MA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ACK, Nantucket, runway 33, 4,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 6,715 total, 5,788 in this make and model, 6,606 as pilot in command, 89 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles

## 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 19821106057209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821106057209A), Nov 6, 1982: Piper PA30, Nantucket, MA, Substantial damage. Pilot leveled off too high and stalled aircraft during landing causing substantial damage.

## Other investigations on N7689Y (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 NYC66F0664](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66F0664), Apr 22, 1966: Piper PA-30 (N7689Y), Teterboro, NJ, 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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