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NYC83LA021

1982-11-05 · NANTUCKET, Massachusetts, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport ACK

Current FAA registration · N7689Y

Make / Model
PIPER PA-30
Year of manufacture
1965 · 17 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES (150 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19650224
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AA62EA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_NYC83LA021.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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