- Date
- June 2, 1982, 19:52 local (23:52 UTC)
- Place
- Syracuse, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5621ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820602021359A
- Case key
- 72776
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Nose over
Analysis
During a landing, the pilot slowed to taxi speed when the tower instructed him to expedite a turnoff onto a taxiway. While complying with this request and making a right turn, the pilot lost directional control. The aircraft veered off the right side of the taxiway and nosed over in a grassy area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5621Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9432
- Airframe hours
- 1,857
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas A. Savage
- Registered owner
- Thomas A. Savage
- Departed
- 1B8 · Canastova, NY
- Destination
- M31 · Halls, TN
- Airport
- SYR · Hancock International, runway 28, 9,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 34 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 156 °F
- Observed at
- SYR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.