- Date
- May 23, 1983, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Olean, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3777APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830523043519A
- Case key
- 35190
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during taxi after landing when the acft went off the runway into soft dirt. The student pilot had completed a cross-country flight without incident. After landing during taxi at Olean, NY the pilot applied brakes and the acft swerved to the right onto the grassy area alongside the runway. The front wheel sank into the soil and the propeller made contact with the ground. The acft nosed over to an inverted position. The wings and cockpit were damaged. The windshield was broken and the front gear bracket was bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3777A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2019
- Airframe hours
- 2,464
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Victor L. Matzer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- BDF · Bradford, PA
- Destination
- OLE · Olean, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OLE · Olean, runway 22, 4,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 79 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N3777A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.