- Date
- May 5, 1973
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5475ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730505011069A
- Case key
- 190438
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1300 73/5/5 CHESAPEAKE,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 104 TIME - 1027 N5475Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH NORFOLK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESAPEAKE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LND ON NOSE GR. GUSTING TO 22K. STING 22K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5475Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Norfolk
N5475ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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