# Accident 19750729025869A: Piper PA22160, Ashville, NC, July 29, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1975
- Place: Ashville, NC
- Airport: Emma Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.6009° N, 82.5540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6009&lon=-82.5540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3504Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3504Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,985 total, 11 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AKM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AKM06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750729025869A

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOP TO AVOID TREES.R QUARTERING TAIL WIND,5K.

## 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 IAD76AKM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AKM06), Jul 29, 1975: Piper PA-22 (N3504Z), Ashville, NC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3504Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19830709029329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830709029329A), Jul 9, 1983: Piper PA22160 (N3504Z), Berrien Springs, MI, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in gusty crosswind. Aircraft ground looped.
- [Incident 19820705036759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820705036759I), Jul 5, 1982: Piper PA22160 (N3504Z), North Myrtle Be, SC, Substantial damage. Tail wheel spring separated at attach ring. Lost control. Ground loop, collapsed left gear.

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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