# Incident 19820705036759I: Piper PA22160, North Myrtle Be, SC, July 5, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1982, 13:00 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8118° N, 78.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND STRAND (CRE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8118&lon=-78.7239&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
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 4 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820705036759I

## Narrative

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

TAIL WHEEL SPRING SEPARATED AT ATTACH RING. LOST CONTROL. GROUND LOOP, COLLAPSED LEFT GEAR.

## 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.
- [Accident 19750729025869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750729025869A), Jul 29, 1975: Piper PA22160 (N3504Z), Ashville, NC, Substantial damage. Ground loop to avoid trees.r quartering tail wind,5K.

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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