# NTSB SEA83LA092: Piper PA-30B, N7946Y, Lakeview, OR, April 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1983, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Lakeview, OR
- Coordinates: 42.309448, -120.36988 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3094&lon=-120.3699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39688
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39688/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA092

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear down and locked - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE ACFT HAD LANDED EARLIER AT REDMOND IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A HARD LANDING. THE PLT STATED THE ONLY PROBLEM NOTED WAS A 'LOUD SQUEEKING BRAKE' DURING THE ROLLOUT. THE NEXT LEG OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO TERMINATE AT RENO, BUT THE PLT LANDEDAT LAKEVIEW TO WAIT FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN WX. THE PLT REPORTED TURBULENCE, RAIN SQUALLS & WINDS FROM 200 DEG AT 25 KTS GUSTING 35. THE PLT STATED HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR ON BASE LEG & CHECKED THE LEFT GEAR IN THE NACELLE MOUNTED MIRROR, BUT DID NOT CHECK THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7946Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7946Y-1992-05-19), registration cancelled 1992-05-19, S/N 301042 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30B
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30-1042
- Airframe hours: 2138
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320-B1A 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Fred S. Jones Construction Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 22, 1982, 6 hours before
- Departed: RDM, REDMOND, OR
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: LKU, Lake County, runway 16, 5,300 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 3,400 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 25 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 30 °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 19830427016349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830427016349A), Apr 27, 1983: Piper PA30, Lakeview, OR, Substantial damage. Landed gear up. Failed to check gear down by using checklist and green light on panel.

## Other investigations on N7946Y (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 LAX90LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA160), May 1, 1990: Piper PA30 (N7946Y), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S MISMANAGEMENT OF THE FUEL SYSTEM.

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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