- Date
- March 25, 1984, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrence, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4641ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840325043739A
- Case key
- 35520
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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
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose gear collapsed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The plt reported that the acft ballooned on landing, & on the 2nd touchdown, it veered left towards a snowbank. He maneuvered to avoid the snowbank, but the nose wheel collapsed in soft mud.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4641Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- L-8687-15
- Airframe hours
- 3,481
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert R. Scarano
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1983
- Departed
- EEN · Keene, NH
- Airport
- LWM · Lawrence Muni, runway 23, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N4641ZRegistered now · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 84 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- 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.