- Date
- November 5, 1972
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3546ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169293
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3880 72/11/5 RICHMOND,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 195 TIME - 1210 N3546Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARNELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP RICHMOND,VA RICHMOND,VA HOPEWELL,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- REPAIRED PATCH ON NOSEWHEEL PANT COVER BROKE JAMMED UNDER TIRE,SAME TIME HIT CLUMP OF SOD 1-2IN HI
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3546Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Parnell
N3546ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.