- Date
- April 27, 1982, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6739BPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820427015089A
- Case key
- 71348
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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.
Analysis
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 10. On the second landing the aircraft bounced and drifted. The aircraft touched down on the runway a second time collapsing the nose gear. The wind was reported as 010 degrees at 13 KTS. Gusts to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6739B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4072
- Airframe hours
- 3,675
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- C. M. Services Inc.
- Registered owner
- C. M. Services Inc.
- Departed
- I15 · Lancaster, OH
- Destination
- I15 · Lancaster, OH
- Airport
- I15 · Fairfield County, runway 10, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 100 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 10° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 122 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.