# NTSB UNK64X0255: Piper PA22, N2731P, BENTON HARBOr, MI, January 15, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 15, 1964
- Place: BENTON HARBOr, MI · BENTON HARBOr, MI
- Location: 42.1135° N, 86.4472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton Harbor, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1135&lon=-86.4472&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185518
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0255
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0255

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0125  64/1/15    BENTON HARBO MICH   PIPER PA22          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 35, 28 TOTAL
        TIME - 1200                    N2731P              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2731P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2731P-2015-05-19), registration cancelled 2015-05-19, S/N 22-3037, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (registry code 7102214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N2731P (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL07LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07LA111), Aug 9, 2007: Piper PA-22-160 (N2731P), Leonardtown, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate performance planning and failure to abort the takeoff.

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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