Piper PA-30 N8700Y

21 March 1974 · West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 March 1974 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N8700Y, operated by National Frame, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 March 1974 at 21:00
Classification: Accident
Location: West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: Allegheny Co
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-30
Registration: N8700Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: National Frame
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Charlotte, Nc → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-1379

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

LDG GR ACTUATOR TORN LOOSE.GR UP HORN SOUNDED DRG FLARE FOR LDG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1379, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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