# NTSB FTW83LA265: Piper PA-22-150, N2637P, Tulsa, OK, June 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 4, 1983, 18:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Coordinates: 36.189521, -95.909545 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1895&lon=-95.9095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20922
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA265
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20922/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA265

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY & NOSED OVER. THE PLT STATED HE HAD PURCHASED THE ACFT TO START TAKING PLT LESSONS TO SECUREHIS LICENSE WHICH HAD BEEN REVOKED 10/3/79.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2637P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2637P), registered now, S/N 22-2975, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-2975
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edward H. Larsen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1982
- Airport: RUS, Richard Lloyd Jones, runway 18R, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RVS

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830604022659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830604022659A), Jun 4, 1983: Piper PA22150, Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped and flipped inverted during landing roll.

## Other investigations on N2637P (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC81FCG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FCG15), Nov 15, 1980: Piper PA-22 (N2637P), Independence, MO, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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