# NTSB UNK65X0255: Piper PA30, N7085Y, Amarillo, TX, October 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 12, 1964
- Place: Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 2, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181480
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0255
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0255

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3205  64/10/12   AMARILLO TEX        PIPER PA30          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1289
        TIME - 1045                    N7085Y              PX-  0  0  0  SEARCH AND RESCUE         TOTAL HOURS, 289 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT -                 Z
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7085Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7085Y-1978-06-01), registration cancelled 1978-06-01, S/N 30-100 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport:                 Z

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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