- Date
- September 18, 1991, 15:49 local (19:49 UTC)
- Place
- Slippery Rock, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9741DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910918040959A
- Case key
- 37014
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Probable cause
The on ground collision with a farm vehicle during landing roll out.
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.
Analysis
While at cruise altitude the pilot heard a bang and said about the upper 1/3 of the windsheild had broken. The pilot elected to make a forced landing in a field and struck a farm plow that was obstructed from view by tall grass. It was not determined whether the windsheild was defective or they struck something in flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9741D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6654
- Airframe hours
- 4,982
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Davey
- Registered owner
- Charles Davey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1991 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 3G9 · Butler, PA
- Destination
- NONE · Mercer, PA
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,880 total · 1,625 in this make and model · 2,820 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N9741D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.