# NTSB NYC85LA176: Piper PA-22-108, N5322Z, Hookstown, PA, July 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1985, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Hookstown, PA
- Coordinates: 40.59016, -80.470794 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5902&lon=-80.4708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35914/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA176

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper (cause)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - run on landing - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING NORMAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, ON THE SIXTH LANDING, AT THE CORRECT AIRSPEED, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR AND THEN THE NOISE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER. ACCORDING TO DOYAL W. MILLER, AN FAA AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR, TIRE SCUFF MARKS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST, IN A LEFT CRAB, ABOUT 200 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE THRESHOLDS THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS NOSE, NOSED OVER, AND CAME TO REST 130 FEET FROM THE TOUCH DOWN MARKS. THE ELEVATOR CONTROLS OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER THE BENT PANELS AND BROKEN NOSE STRUT WERE REMOVED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5322Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5322Z), registered now, S/N 22-9026, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-108
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-108](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (registry code 7102204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-9026
- Airframe hours: 3831
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1B 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: William V. Jednack
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 26, 1985, 68 hours before
- Airport: 80PN, Hanna Beaver, runway 31, 2,719 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 354 total, 53 in this make and model, 220 as pilot in command, 69 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BVI

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850716031579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850716031579A), Jul 16, 1985: Piper PA22108, Hookstown, PA, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed after landing short of runway and on nose wheel.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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