- Date
- May 3, 1987, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Allaire, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3618ZPiper PA-22-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870503077589A
- Case key
- 30641
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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
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Weather condition - crosswind
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
During landing roll, the pilot lost directional control. The aircraft veered off the runway to the left, collided with a tree and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3618Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-7509
- Airframe hours
- 2,109
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary W. Falck
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1987
- Departed
- Lakewood, NJ
- Destination
- Allaire, NJ
- Airport
- BLM · Allaire, runway 14, 7,017 × 60 ft, asphalt
N3618ZRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2022 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 536 total · 43 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
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 N3618Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.