- Date
- October 11, 1994, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Vernon, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5433ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941011039089A
- Case key
- 9790
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate visual lookout. A factor associated with the accident is the fence post.
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 reported the airplane's right wing struck a fence post as he was attempting to land in a hay field owned by a relative. The pilot said he had flown from the same field earlier in the day, but on the accident flight he failed to see the fence post during his approach to land.
Factual narrative
On October 11, 1994, about 1700 central daylight time, a Piper PA-22-108 airplane, N5433Z, received substantial damage when it collided with a fence post while landing in a field near Mt. Vernon, Missouri. The solo private pilot was not injured. The local, personal flight originated about 1650, and operated in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan.
The pilot reported the accident occurred while he was attempting to land on a hay field owned by a relative. He said one of the fence posts bordering the hay field stuck up higher than the others, and the right wing strut struck that post during the landing flare. The pilot stated he had flown the airplane from the same field earlier in the day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5433Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-907
- Airframe hours
- 2,856
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jamie L. Holder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1994 · 36 hours before
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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.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 133 total · 42 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N5433Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.