- Date
- June 29, 1983, 06:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Camarillo, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4451APiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830629028529A
- Case key
- 23768
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - runway lightFactor
Analysis
The acft groundlooped and collided with a rwy light during landing. The acft had been converted to a taildragger.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4451A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3783
- Airframe hours
- 2,263
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alan T. White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 1983
- Departed
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
- Airport
- CMA · Camarillo, runway 26, 6,000 × 150 ft, concrete
N4451ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 189 total · 40 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
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 N4451A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.