- Date
- May 25, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Breaux Bridge, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5208ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830525021059A
- Case key
- 20913
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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 nosed over during landing on a wet soft private grass strip. During landing the nose gear dug in and the acft nosed over. The plt stated that he needed more experience in judging grass strip conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5208Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-8878
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James E. Alex
- Registered owner
- Don N. Boudreaux
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 11, 1982
- Departed
- Breaux Bridge, LA
- Airport
- runway 36, 2,500 × 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 362 total · 8 in this make and model · 206 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °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.