- Date
- September 22, 1972
- Place
- Reidsville, NC · REIDSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5361ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0841 72/9/22 REIDSVILLE,NC PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1815 N5361Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REIDSVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- HIT RWY LIGHT AND FLIPPED OVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5361Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warf
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Other investigations on N5361Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL89LA017Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAdvance, NCDuring takeoff climb eng quit then re-started. PIC turned to the north & engine quit again. PIC stalled acft & crashed into wheat field. Acft had STC for auto gas. Fuel in acft had water & rust contaminants. Fuel lines had dried. Carb had composite float. The…NTSB IAD78FID22Accident · Minor injuriesClosedDanville, VA