- Date
- April 11, 1982, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Nova, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3402ZPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820411009309A
- Case key
- 72051
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The aircraft encountered a four inch snowdrift during takeoff roll from a sod strip. It nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3402Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 227313
- Airframe hours
- 2,208
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark H. Baldauf
- Registered owner
- Mark H. Baldauf
- Departed
- Nova, OH
- Destination
- Nova, OH
- Airport
- Private Farm Strip, runway 36, 1,800 × 80 ft, grass/turf
N3402ZRegistration cancelled Feb 18, 2003 · Piper PA-22-160Airframe modelPiper PA-22-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 214 total · 150 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3402Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.