# NTSB MIA65F0020: Piper PA-22, N893A, Whitsett, NC, March 22, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 22, 1965
- Place: Whitsett, NC · WHITSETT, NC
- Location: 36.0827° N, 79.5698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitsett, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0827&lon=-79.5698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179520
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65F0020
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65F0020

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0519  65/3/22    WHITSETT NC         PIPER PA-22         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 39, 81 TOTAL
        TIME - 1640                    N893A               PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CLAYTON AIRPARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N893A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N893A-1981-01-07), registration cancelled 1981-01-07, S/N 22-194 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (registry code 7102202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Clayton Airpark

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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