- Date
- August 6, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Franksville, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2843ZPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830806039829A
- Case key
- 12298
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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 acft was intentionally groundlooped as the acft was not stopping at the runways end. The pilot said the brakes malfunctioned. The mechanic who worked on the acft after the accident said brakes were available even though brake fluidwas low. The mechanic was a witness to the accident and said that the acft did not touch down until it was APPROXIMATELY2/3 distance down the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2843Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6838
- Airframe hours
- 2,026
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- S. U. Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1982 · 109 hours before
- Departed
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Airport
- 62C · Hunt Field, runway 18, 1,800 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 590 total · 26 in this make and model · 536 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °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 N2843Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.