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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-108 · Mayville, NY · August 21, 2002

Date
August 21, 2002 · 15:35 local
Place
Mayville, NY
Airport
Dart Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5221Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC02FA173
Reported as
Piper PA22108
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Student

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft on approach, descended below elevation of electric power pole some distance prior to end of runway. Struck power pole cross bar, left wing separated, aircraft struck ground inverted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH, DESCENDED BELOW ELEVATION OF ELECTRIC POWER POLE SOME DISTANCE PRIOR TO END OF RUNWAY. STRUCK POWER POLE CROSS BAR, LEFT WING SEPARATED, AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.