- Date
- September 22, 1973
- Place
- Arena, WI · ARENA, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6838BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730922031129A
- Case key
- 188548
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2910 73/9/22 ARENA,WIS PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N6838B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARENA,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LNDD IN ALFALFA FLD,DRG ROLL OUT NOSE GR IMBEDDED IN FURROWS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6838B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6838BRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.