# Accident 19970928037659A: Piper PA22160, Belleview, FL, September 28, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1997, 15:45 local time
- Place: Belleview, FL
- Airport: Norton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0011° N, 82.1006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0011&lon=-82.1006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3402Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3402Z-2003-02-18) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970928037659A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1997, AT THE NORTON AIRSTRIP (PRIVATE GRASS STRIP) IN SUMMERFIELD, FL, MR. ALAN O'CULL, PILOT AND OWNER OF A PIPER, LPA-22-160 LOST CONTROL ON LANDING AND CRASHED CAUSING MAJOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. THE PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AFTER HIS APPROACH TOOK HIM TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE THROTTLE WAS SWIFTLY MOVED FORWARD WHEN THE ENGINE HESITATED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE STARTED PRODUCING FULL POWER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO RAPIDLY CONTACT THE GRASS STRIP. DUE TO A CROSS WIND AND THE MANOR THE AIRCRFT WAS FACING WHEN IT HIT THE RUNWAY, IT VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY THROUGH HIGH GRASS AND SHRUBS, THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE COMING TO A FULL STOP WHEN IT CONTACTED A LARGE TREE WITH THE LEFT WING, AND NOSED OVER UP SIDE DOWN. THE OCCUPANTS EGRESSED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER EVENTS.

## 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 ATL97LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA144), Sep 28, 1997: Piper PA-22-160 (N3402Z), Belleview, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision, and his delay in initiating a go-around, which resulted in a hard touchdown, loss of directional control, and collision with objects (fence and…

## Other reports on N3402Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19820411009309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820411009309A), Apr 11, 1982: Piper PA22160 (N3402Z), Nova, OH, Substantial damage. Airplane struck a 4 inch high snow drift on takeoff from a sod strip. Tail wheel aircraft nosed over.

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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