# Accident 19730505011069A: Piper PA22108, Chesapeake, VA, May 5, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1973
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: South Norfolk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5475Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5475Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 73 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73DID21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DID21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730505011069A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LND ON NOSE GR. GUSTING TO 22K. STING 22K.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 IAD73DID21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DID21), May 5, 1973: Piper PA-22 (N5475Z), Chesapeake, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5475Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850319017509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850319017509I), Mar 19, 1985: Piper PA22108 (N5475Z), Ridgefield, CT. Forced landing on golf course after engine quit. Connecting rod bolt failed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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